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www.thehindu.in ● Weekly Edition ● Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49939 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 2 ● CITY EDITION ● 26 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram and Mumbai

Police file charge sheet Fresh warrant against Putin sought to help Ousted office-bearers in Monika Ghurde Christian Michel in Trump, concludes of Indian cricket board murder case AgustaWestland case U.S. election probe meet in Bengaluru Page 9 Page 12 Page 14 Page 17 • • BRIEFLY From tippler to terrorist — IS Mufti’s son Tassaduq Keep the faith, Modi tells joins PDP fighter recounts journey to Syria SRINAGAR: On the first death anniversary of PDP founder Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on party leaders ahead of polls Subahani Haja Saturday, his son Tassaduq Moideen was arrested Hussain, a cinematographer by profession, announced his ‘Demonetisation This emotional pitch in by NIA in October decision to join the party the Prime Minister’s speech formally. decision taken to was a pointer to the fact that VIJAITA SINGH ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 improve the life demonetisation and at- tempts to link it to the fight NEW DELHI: This is the story of Suriname wants India of the poor’ against corruption and ex- Subahani Haja Moideen (31) to transfer technology panding the tax base for from Kerala, who fought for NISTULA HEBBAR more public spending will be the Islamic State (IS) in Syria BENGALURU: Suriname Vice- the main poll planks for the and Iraq and escaped to re- President Michael Ashwin Adhin NEW DELHI: In the last national party. turn home and work quietly has said India should transfer executive meeting of the BJP in his father’s cloth shop in nature-friendly technology to before the Assembly polls in Poll funding Thodupuzha for a year be- Suriname to enable it to five States, Prime Minister Mr. Modi also made a fore the National Investiga- compete in the global market. Narendra Modi made com- strong case for transparency tion Agency (NIA) caught up ½ NEWS | PAGE 13 mon cause with the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun in poll funding. “A culture of with him in October last saying they were the focus of Jaitley on the second day of the BJP’s national executive transparency is emerging in year. Sinha panel sees anger his government and projec- meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI the country and it is our duty Moideen’s is only the in rural Kashmir ted demonetisation as a to usher in transparency in second known case of an In- long-term tool to fight black say he did not covet power, Modi told them he “had been poll funding as well.” He ad- dian coming back from the IS Tamil Nadu. The Hindu has into an alcoholic. But after SRINAGAR: A team, headed by money and corruption in or- heaven or a second life but born in poverty, and had ded that the BJP was whole- war front. The first was that accessed his interrogation marriage, his wife helped senior BJP leader and former der to improve their lives. longed to end the people’s lived in it.” He also told them: heartedly in favour of it and of Areeb Majeed from Maha- report which details his jour- him quit drinking. Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, In his concluding address suferings. “Welcome criticism, don’t be urged all political parties to rashtra, who escaped after ney. During the interrogation, has warned of growing anger in to the two-day meeting, Mr. Asking party leaders to afraid of allegations. If our come together for this. being injured in the leg. Moideen initially studied Moideen claims he was rural Kashmir and vanishing Modi said serving the poor keep the faith with regard to resolve and inner truth is Arrested the minute he at Saraswathi Vidhya Bhavan never interested in religious faith in the dialogue among was serving god. He went on his government’s decisions, strong, we will go forward in ½ MODI HAILS NATION FOR landed in Mumbai, Areeb and then moved to Vimala matters but after giving up people. to quote a Sanskrit shloka to like demonetisation, Mr our path.” FIGHTING GRAFT | PAGE 13 continues to be in jail. School in Thodupuzha. He alcohol, he became a Tab- ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 Between 40 and 50 Indians enrolled for a B.Com. degree lighi — a member of a Sunni are estimated to be in IS-held Islamic movement — in 2013. territory. SUNDAY SPECIAL He searched for the hadees Sakshi Maharaj stirs up another row with remarks The NIA stumbled upon (a collection of sayings of Moideen while investigating but discontinued the course Prophet Mohammad) and OMAR RASHID through an “objectionable” the remarks at a religious dren one should be allowed another case in which six in the second year. He then the Koran on the Internet speech, in which he allegedly function on Friday. to have, saying the increasing men from Kerala, inspired by completed a Red Hat-certi- and discovered a site called LUCKNOW: No stranger to pro- blamed the Muslim com- The MP said a particular population was posing prob- the IS ideology, were al- fied engineering course at kalamullah.com. It con- vocative rhetoric, BJP MP munity for the population- community, which spoke of lems for the country. legedly planning attacks Lynx Academy and sub- tained lectures of one Imam from Unnao, Sachidanand related problems. “four wives and 40 children,” “If problems are arising in against BJP and RSS leaders sequently, in 2010, worked in Anwar Al Awlaki (an Al Hari Sakshi, alias Sakshi Ma- The Uttar Pradesh Elec- was responsible for the pop- the country due to popula- and High Court judges. tech. support at Infotech in Qaeda preacher), who haraj, has stirred up another tion Commission also took ulation-related problems in tion, Hindus are not respons- Chennai for six months. preached jihad. SUNDAY MAGAZINE Explosives from Sivakasi Between 2011 and 2015, he He also came across IS 6 Pages controversy. notice of his controversial the country. ible,” he said. The Uttar Pradesh police remarks and called for a re- Sakshi Maharaj demanded On October 6, he was ar- worked in his family’s cloth activities in Iraq and Syria. CLASSIFIEDS on Saturday booked him for port from the administration a “common and fine law” to ½ BJP DISOWNS SAKSHI’S rested for trying to arrange shop in Thodupuzha. Pages 6 & 7 hurting religious sentiments in Meerut, where he made codify the number of chil- COMMENTS | PAGE 13 explosives from Sivakasi in Moideen had by then turned ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 As EC seeks view, Govt calls Budget session Police probe Akhilesh Yadav faction gives SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The EC has written to and that the Commission recommend that the Budget video of youth Cabinet Secretary would take a decision on the presentation be deferred till poll panel ‘proof’ of support NEW DELHI: The government on issue in due course. The the completion of elections kissing women Saturday convened the P.K. Sinha asking Budget is to be presented on in the five States. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 5,000 delegates. After Mr Mulayam Singh Budget session of Parliament February 1. She had pointed out that “Ninety per cent of the le- approached the EC staking for a response by STAFF REPORTER from January 31 even as the A day later, an 11-member during the 2012 Assembly NEW DELHI: The Akhilesh Ya- gislators and delegates are claim to the party symbol, Election Commission sought January 10 delegation of Opposition polls the Budget was presen- dav faction of the Samajwadi with Akhilesh Yadav, there- the Akhilesh camp also a response from the Centre parties met the CEC on the ted after the elections were NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Party on Saturday submitted fore, it is crystal clear that presented its case. Both on petitions seeking that the Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha same issue, raising an appre- over. The then UPA govern- have launched an investiga- documents to the Election we are the real SP. We sides were then asked to file Budget presentation be de- asking for a response by Janu- hension that the Central gov- ment had agreed to defer it tion after a YouTube video in Commission to prove that a should be given the cycle aidavits with evidence to ferred in view of the upcom- ary 10 on the petitions filed ernment may make some following protests by the Op- which a youth is seen kissing majority of the SP members symbol and considered the prove their claim. ing Assembly elections. by Opposition parties. The Budget announcements position parties. women without their con- and legislators supported real SP,” he told reporters The Commission, which President Pranab Mukher- government has maintained which would tend to influ- The Budget session will sent in Connaught Place the Chief Minister. after handing over is examining the claims of jee has summoned the Rajya that the Budget presentation ence the voters in the poll- begin with the President’s went viral. Mr Akhilesh Yadav’s loy- documents. both the factions, will de- alist Ram Gopal Yadav sub- cide the issue on the basis of Sabha and the Lok Sabha to need not be postponed oth- bound States. address to the joint sitting of No police complaint meet on January 31, accord- erwise development work in While the EC is yet to de- the two Houses and the same mitted the documents in Papers sent to Mulayam the numbers in the party's ing to oicial notifications. other States would sufer. cide the issue, Commission day the pre-budget economic In the video, the youth, copies of seven as asked by He claimed a set was sent organisational and legislat- “Subject to exigencies of Chief Election Commis- sources said the Budget survey will be tabled. who calls himself ‘The Crazy the poll panel. to party founder Mulayam ive structures. government business,” the sioner Nasim Zaidi had on presentation date would not The practice of a separate Sumit,’ is seen kissing two He claimed the papers Singh at his Delhi residence The Mulayam camp is session will conclude on Wednesday said a represent- change in case the govern- railway budget is being women in two diferent in- number over 1.5 lakh pages but he refused to acknow- likely to submit its set of ai- April 12, said a statement ation seeking recommenda- ment decides not to post- scrapped from this year. The cidents. Both the victims did and carries the signatures of ledge its receipt. “Now, it davits on Monday, the dead- from the Lok Sabha tion for deferment of the pone it. railway estimates will be part not complain to the police. over 200 MLAs, 56 of the 68 will be sent to his Lucknow line set by the EC for both Secretariat. Budget presentation in Par- BSP chief Mayawati was of the Union Budget. MLCs, 15 of the 24 MPs and address,” Mr Ram Gopal Ya- the sides to submit The EC had written to liament was being examined the first to request the EC to (With PTI) ½ DETAILS ON PAGE 3 nearly 4,600 of the over dav said. documents. ICHR drags its feet on volumes on freedom struggle martyrs

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NEW DELHI: The last two volumes of a comprehensive, five-volume dictionary on around 15,000 freedom fight- ers who became martyrs dur- ing the struggle for Inde- pendence are yet to see the light of day though work on The collections cover them has been completed. individuals across regions, This has led to speculation castes and communities, that the Indian Council of with details on how they Historical Research could be were killed. sitting on them. The Council has, however, denied the al- Sudershan Rao. The work legations and insisted that was done by an advisory the work is in process. committee — which func- Funded by the Ministry of tioned through scholars and Culture, the project has been coordinators from diferent carried forward from the States. These coordinators. UPA government. Three in turn, employed research- volumes of the compendium ers regionally, who reported were published between 2011 back to the committee, which and 2014. The collections would look at the detailed cover individuals across re- manuscripts and documents gions, castes and communit- on those who were killed in ies, with authenticated de- the freedom struggle from tails on how they were killed 1857 to August 15, 1947. and precise references to re- “The advisory committee lated oicial documents. has not met since the new “The list showcases our di- chairman took charge versity, as up to 30 per cent of around July, 2014. The the martyrs happen to be volumes are ready and could Muslim,” said a former ICHR have been brought out easily oicial, requesting anonym- by now,” veteran historian ity. Only the last volume, Arjun Dev, member of the ad- published in 2014, has an in- visory committee since its in- troductory note by the ception, told The Hindu. present Council chairman Y. ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 2 | CITY THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 DELHI Jan 08, Sun Jan 09, Mon Jan 10, Tue RISE 07 15 SET 17 41 RISE 07 15 SET 17 42 RISE 07 15 SET 17 43 RISE 14 02 SET 02 RISE 14 52 SET 03 36 RISE 15 47 SET 04 40 31

NURSERY ADMISSIONS Book fair returns with L-G okays guidelines for 298 schools over 800 publishers Parents relieved as admission process will begin in private schools running on DDA land ROSELINA BORPATRA STAFF REPORTER GOHAIN

NEW DELHI: In what has come as NEW DELHI: The 25th edition relief for parents, Lieuten- of the nine-day New Delhi ant-Governor Anil Baijal ap- World Book Fair, believed proved the new guidelines to be among the largest of for nursery admissions on its kind in Asia, began at Saturday. Pragati Maidan here on With this, admissions will Saturday. Over 800 begin in the 298 private publishers from across the schools running on Delhi country and abroad are Development Authority participating in the fair. (DDA) land. The admission Organised by the process for the upcoming National Book Trust in academic session began on association with the India January 2 in over 1,400 Trade Promotion private schools in the Cap- Organisation (ITPO), the ital. However, last week, the book fair was inaugurated BOOKWORMS: Organised by the National Book Trust in government directed 298 by Mahendra Nath association with the India Trade Promotion Organisation, private schools to withhold Pandey, Minister of State the fair will continue till January 15. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA the process until new for Human Resource guidelines were notified. Development. the belief that women ancient, medieval and “The guidelines for nurs- were “late comers” when it modern India. ery admissions to private A new theme came to writing. Nepalese writer schools running on DDA The theme for this year “As the views of writers Yuyutsu Ram Dass land have been approved. is ‘Manushi’ — writings on are diferent, their Sharma said, “This is the These schools will now be and by women. writings will also be first day of the fair, but we able to accept applications,” Pratibha Ray, Odia diferent,” Ms. Ray added. are of to a great start. We said a senior Directorate of writer and winner of the are getting a good Education (DoE) oicial RELIEF AT LAST: While a notification is yet to be issued in this regard, Education Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted that these Jnanpith award, and ‘Technology is no threat’ response. I can see that while adding that these schools will have to give priority to children living within a radius of one, three and six kilometres. FILE PHOTO (FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY) Tomasz Kozlowski, who is Emphasising on the people are interested in guidelines would be notified Ambassador of the importance of books in the their neighbouring nation. soon. clude implementing the cri- tweets on Saturday. “The 298 If seats are not filled, prefer- has defined, Mr. Sisodia said. delegation of the European current technology-driven Most of them are looking “We had sent the proposed terion of distance between private schools running on ence will be given to stu- The remaining 1,400 Union (EU) to India were era, Mr. Kozlowski said at books about remote guidelines to the L-G’s oice the applicant’s residence and DDA lands will have to give dents residing within 1-3 km schools in the city, which are also present as the guest of that the contrast between Himalayan regions, the art for approval, which took the school for filling 75 per admission on basis of neigh- of the school. “Students free to decide their admis- honour and special guest. books and the Internet was and culture, the politics, time because a new L-G had cent of the seats,” the oicial bourhood criteria. These residing beyond 6 kms shall sion criteria, have been in- “spacious”. According to and also the earthquakes. come in. The guidelines in- added. schools will have to give pri- be admitted only if vacancies structed to steer clear of 51 ‘Beyond gender’ him, technology must not We are expecting a lot ority to children living remain unfilled even after points that were abolished Talking about literature be perceived as a threat. from the audience and I Students residing Details awaited within a radius of 1, 3 and 6 considering all the students last year. Among these are being “beyond gender and hope the demonetisation beyond six km shall The city government kilometres from the school,” within 6 kms area,” state the education of parents, their geography”, Ms. Ray said Variety on display factor does not impact wanted these schools to ad- he wrote on Twitter. guidelines. profession, age, and that the section on women While the book fair will sales.” be admitted only mit students solely on the While allotting land to interviews. writing was focussed on also include workshops, Among the books on if vacancies remain basis of neighbourhood cri- Neighbourhood criteria these 298 schools, the DDA The application process “human writing”. “I am discussions, publishing ofer here are ‘The Modi after considering teria. While the DoE is yet to Defining what neighbour- had laid down a condition will end on January 23, while happy that this year the conferences and cultural Doctrine’, release a notification in this hood would mean, the that they would not deny ad- the first list of selected can- focus is on human writing. programmes, the theme ‘Multiculturalism – the all candidates regard, Education Minister guidelines state that stu- mission to students on the didates — including those on But, let me tell you that pavilion on ‘Manushi’ has essence of Indian culture’, within this range Manish Sisodia did ofer dents residing within 1 km of basis of neighbourhood cri- the wait list — will be an- literature is beyond on display books from ‘A Soldier’s Faith: country some details through his the school will be preferred. teria, which the government nounced on February 15. gender and geography. So, diferent genres, posters before Gods’. all writers are feminists,” and panels of eminent The book fair will she said while dismissing women scholars of continue till January 15. FILM REVIEW Student seeking fee refund from St. Stephen’s denied relief

AKANKSHA JAIN Complainant sought consideration for availing any service, but for NEW DELHI: A student a compensation of privilege.” seeking compensation and ₨5 lakh, besides fee In this case, the fee refund from Delhi refund, for being complainant said he had University’s St. Stephen’s paid ₨6,235 for a certificate college for not being denied ID card course in German at St. issued a student ID card Stephen’s college in 2008. has been denied relief by a library facility to which he He sought a compensation consumer forum. was entitled for the of ₨5 lakh, besides fee The student was consideration paid.” refund, because he said he pursuing a certificate A Bench headed by K.S. was denied a student ID course in German from Mohi, president of the card, DTC student pass the college. forum, said, “Now, the and library facilities. question arises as to ‘Fee paid for privilege’ whether the fee of ₨6,235 College responds The north Delhi District paid by the complainant to The college responded Consumer Disputes the college can be said to saying that the certificate DAY 1: Visitors at the 25th edition of the World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan on Saturday. Redressal Forum noted be consideration for course was a part-time PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA that fee paid to a college is securing academic language course and that not for a service, but for a course... The answer is in there was no provision for privilege. the negative. There is a issuing identity cards to “In this case, the plethora of judgments that students pursuing these controversy is whether the service provided by programmes. Memorial to remember Sikhs killed in 1984 riots the complainant is entitled educational institutions is NEW DELHI: A memorial for near Parliament. It will be Badal,” said Manjinder Singh to get back the fee to the not service, and as such Library fee not charged Sikhs killed during the 1984 thrown open to the public on Sirsa, DSGMC general tune of ₨6,235 for a one- the university and college It was also submitted riots has been constructed January 15. secretary. year certificate course in cannot be said to be the that the college did not by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara “The Wall of Truth, which “The memorial has the German for the 2008-09 service provider in lieu of charge any library fee Management Committee had courted controversy in names of the Sikhs killed in academic year. fee taken.” from part-time students (DSGMC) here as a “re- 2013 with the Congress- the carnage and people from The Bench, which relied like the complainant. minder of injustice”. backed SAD (Delhi) oppos- other communities who laid Negative, says forum on judgments of the The bus pass, the Called “The Wall of ing the choice of venue, is fi- down their lives trying to The plea of the Supreme Court and the college said, was issued by Truth”, the structure has nally completed. The wid- save them etched on its complainant is that he was National Consumer the DTC with St. been built on an area of 2.500 ows of the victims will lead walls. We have also given not provided an identity Forum, said, “The fee paid Stephen’s having no say in square metres at a cost of the event that will be atten- space to observations of dif- card, student’s pass and by a student is not the matter. ₨2.25 crore at the Gurdwara ded by Punjab Deputy Chief ferent panels set up to probe Rakabganj Sahib Complex Minister Sukhbir Singh the riots,” he said. —PTI Capital shivers as mercury dips with first winter rain CINEMA

STAFF REPORTER fog can be expected on ENGLISH: Sunday morning with max- A MONSTER CALLS: PVR (Anupam, NEW DELHI: The Capital woke imum and minimum temper- City Walk), Wave (Raja Garden, Noida), up to a chilly and wet Sat- atures forecast to be 17 de- Cinepolis, Spice (Noida), SRS Cinemas. PASSENGERS: PVR (Anupam, urday morning, with the city grees Celsius and 10 degrees, Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj, City Walk, receiving its first spell of rain respectively. Naraina, Mahagun, Sangam), DT this winter. (Noida), Wave (Raja Garden, Noida), According to the Meteoro- Air quality improves Satyam (Nehru Place, Patel Nagar), logical Department, the The rain and wind on Sat- Cinepolis, Spice (Noida). overnight rain brought down urday also improved air HINDI: the maximum temperature quality in the city, with levels DANGAL: (Aamir Khan, Sakshi to 16 degrees Celsius, three of harmful particulate matter Tanwar): Abhishek Cineplex, Delite, Shiela, Milan, Liberty, Regal, Ritz, degrees below normal. The remaining in the ‘moderate’ Amba, G3S (Rohini), PVR (Plaza, Rivoli, minimum temperature on and ‘poor’ categories. As per Priya, Saket, City Walk, Naraina, Saturday was, however, six the Union Earth Science Vikaspuri, Prashant Vihar, EDM), M2K notches above normal at 13.5 Ministry’s SAFAR index, the (Rohini, Pitampura), Movie Time (Raja Garden, Pitampura), FUN (Moti Nagar, degrees Celsius. A Met De- level of PM2.5 was 91 micro- Pitampura, Laxmi Nagar, partment oicial said that grams per cubic metre, put- Karkardooma), DT (Saket, Shalimar Delhi had received 3.4 mm of ting it in the ‘poor’ category, Bagh, Vasant Kunj), Satyam (Patel rainfall as of 8.30 a.m. on Sat- while the PM10 concentra- Nagar, Nehru Place, Janakpuri), BIG (Odeon, Vaishali, Kaushambi, Noida), urday, with only trace tion was 160 micrograms per Wave (Raja Garden, Kaushambi, amounts of rain after that. cubic metre, placing it in the Noida), Spice (Noida), JAM Shipra, ‘moderate’ category. While M4U, SRS Cinemas, Movie Palace, Fog expected on Sunday these values were above the Movie Magic, Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali), Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Movie World Sunday is likely to be an- standards of 60 and 100 mi- and Silver City (Ghaziabad), Inox and Q other chilly day, with gener- crograms per cubic metre for Cinemas (Faridabad). ally cloudy skies and the PM2.5 and PM10 respect- (BOOKING ENQUIRIES: PVR chance of very light rain and ively, the levels of pollutants 51513391; Spice Gold 012043890000; Satyam COLD COMFORT: Homeless people try to keep themselves warm on a chilly Saturday afternoon in thunderstorms in some were comparatively less than Cinemas 25797385; Delite the Capital. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR areas. Shallow to moderate last month. 23272903; Wave 51832222)

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GOING VIRAL ‘Kissing’ prank under police lens YouTube video shows youth kissing women without consent in Connaught Place; DCW takes note

SHUBHOMOY SIKDAR The video shows the NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police youth running away have launched an investiga- after molesting the tion after a YouTube video in women; by-standers which a youth is seen kissing women without their con- offer no help sent in Connaught Place went viral. claimed that he didn’t mean In the video, the youth, to “hurt” the sentiments of who calls himself ‘The Crazy people and that he “respects Sumit,’ is seen kissing two women” and is thankful to women in two diferent in- those who pointed out his cidents. Both the victims did “mistake”. This video was not complain to the police. deleted as well. The video, which has since been deleted, also shows the DCW slams police youth running away after Mr. Pathak said the apo- molesting the women even logy was also being looked as by-standers take no action into, a comment that was met against him. It also shows with criticism from Delhi how the youth was unsuc- Commission for Women cessfully chased down by a (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal. man who was accompanying IN TROUBLE: The youth later posted an apology on YouTube.PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Stressing that the apology one of the women. was of no consequence, Ms. It is unclear when the around 1.5 lakh subscribers. sharing Mr. Raftaar’s out- ted the initial technical in- Maliwal said, “It was an act of video was shot but the youth rage, and came to the notice quiry in the case,” said De- perversion, not humour.” has been active on YouTube Singer condemns video of the Delhi Police as well. pendra Pathak, Delhi Police Mr. Pathak added that the since 2015, often posting The youth was outed by “The video, which is avail- spokesperson. video could have been made “prank” videos. Punjabi singer Raftaar, who able on Facebook and You- Later, the youth posted a for gaining online publicity. The YouTube channel, shared the video on Friday. It Tube, has come to the Delhi video where he apologised “Maybe money is involved ‘The Crazy Sumit’, has soon went viral, with many Police’s notice. We have star- for his act. In the video, he in it,” he said. Man who stole on flights, trains held Seven held with

STAFF REPORTER 427 kg cannabis NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police of Investigation (CBI) seized have arrested a 34-year-old 427 kg of cannabis from a man who allegedly stole train that was coming from from his co-passengers on Odisha. Seven persons were flights and trains to buy lux- arrested in connection with urious items. the case. In the latest reported case, The accused have been Paharganj resident Rajesh identified as Balwan Bawar- Kapoor stole the credit card iya, Kartar, Vyas Bawaria, In- of a woman on an Amritsar- dal, Suresh, Lil Singh and Delhi flight and used it to Surajbhan. buy 16 bottles of Chanel per- BIG CATCH: Recently, accused fume worth $2,016 from a Rajesh Kapoor used a stolen CBI tipped of duty-free shop at the Indira credit card to buy branded CBI sources said they had Gandhi International Air- perfumes at IGI Airport. received an input that a con- port, said the police. PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT signment of cannabis would be coming from Puri in Victim unaware passenger had oloaded Odisha on the Purushottam Deputy Commissioner of himself from the flight. The Friday. cused came from an aluent Express. Police (IGI) S.K. Bhatia said airline was contacted for his “During interrogation, family. His father runs a busi- A trap was laid, and the ac- the complainant did not real- details and the passenger’s Rajesh revealed that he was ness in South Korea, while cused were nabbed. ise that her card had been name surfaced as ‘Rajesh Ka- under debt. He knew that his mother is a hotelier in the The sources said the gang stolen till she received a mes- poor’. His address, however, well-of passengers usually Capital. In April 2016, Rajesh was planning to get down at sage stating the details of the was not available. travel by air and there is only had booked a flight for Mum- Ghaziabad to escape the po- transaction made by the ac- a slim chance of being caught bai and prior to boarding, he lice. cused. The matter was re- Arrested from Paharganj as such incidents do not hap- had stolen Canadian $5,800 They were planning to ported to the airport police, After a massive manhunt, pen on flights,” said another from the baggage of a co-pas- take the consignment to and CCTV footage analysed. he was apprehended from police oicer. senger at the IGI Airport, Haryana, the sources ad- It was then revealed that the central Delhi’s Paharganj on The police said the ac- said the police. ded.—PTI Advocate denied bail in No headway in German money laundering case

NIRNIMESH KUMAR ence and influence the ma- woman molestation case terial prosecution wit- NEW DELHI: A court here on nesses, thereby hampering STAFF REPORTER the victim is yet to who suggested that she Saturday refused to grant the investigation...” respond,” said ADCP-I approach the Delhi bail to advocate Rohit Tan- NEW DELHI: Over 10 days (South) Chinmoy Biswal. Commission for Women don in a money laundering Matter of concern after a German woman The incident took place (DCW). case connected with de- Stressing that crimes that registered a case of on November 30, when A complaint was monetisation. have heavy economic costs molestation against her the woman had gone to subsequently registered need to be viewed seriously, landlord in south Delhi’s meet accused Amit Yadav with the DCW. A notice ₨13.6 crore seized the judge said, “The ofences Hauz Khas, the police are to settle bills. A police was issued by the The Enforcement Direct- that have deep-rooted con- yet to arrest the man. oicer said the victim had Commission to the police orate had arrested Tandon spiracies and involve a huge When asked about the used the restroom in on December 27 and a last month after ₨13.6 crore loss of public funds pose a delay, the police said they Amit’s house and as soon case under Sections 354 was allegedly seized from serious threat to the finan- were waiting for the as she came out, he tried (assault or criminal force his law firm here during a cial health of the country.” victim, a research scholar, to kiss her and made to woman with intent to raid. “The accused has been al- to record her statement sexual advances towards outrage her modesty) and Dismissing his bail plea, legedly found to be involved before the magistrate. her. 509 (word, gesture or act Additional Sessions Judge in a white collar crime. The “We have sent an e-mail intended to insult the R.K. Tripathi said: “The mat- alleged ofence was commit- to the victim requesting Victim escapes modesty of woman) of the ter is at a crucial stage of in- ted by the accused in con- her to come to India and The woman, however, IPC was registered vestigation. The source of spiracy with other co-ac- record her statement managed to escape when The police said Amit’s the funds is yet to be ascer- cused persons in a before the magistrate. A Amit’s son’s entered the house was found locked tained. The accused, if en- well-planned and thought- reminder mail was also room. Later, she shared when they had gone there larged on bail at this stage, ful manner,” Mr. Tripathi dropped on Saturday, but her ordeal with friends, to question him. might tamper with the evid- added. NOIDA/DELHI 4 | CITY THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 DAY 2 OF STRIKE Fresh summons in No money to pay rent, bills: sanitation staf VVIP chopper deal Employees of east Delhi civic body say they are facing a tough time as they haven’t been paid salaries for two months NIRNIMESH KUMAR Messrs Media Exim NEW DELHI: A special court here Pvt. Ltd. and its STAFF REPORTER Safai karamcharis on Saturday issued fresh two directors asked hold dharnas, refuse Govt may summons against three ac- to be present in NEW DELHI: The sanitation staf cused in the money launder- court on February 22 of the East Delhi Municipal to call off the strike give funds for ing case connected with the Corporation (EDMC), about till their salaries and ₨3,600-crore AgustaWest- 17,000 workers, continued land VVIP helicopter deal. formed it that the summons their strike for the second arrears are paid pending There is already an open- issued on November 30 day on Saturday in protest ended non-bailable arrest against them after taking cog- against pending salaries. for which he underwent a wages: Jain warrant (NBW) against Brit- nisance of a complaint filed Refusing to call of the surgery last year. “We could ish national Christian Michel by the Directorate last year strike till their salaries and not aford to get him the NEW DELHI: The Delhi James, the alleged middle- were not served as they were arrears were paid, the work- treatment at a private hos- government is likely to man in the deal. not found at the addresses ers held dharnas outside the pital. He had the surgery in a give funds for payment The warrant issued on given by them, while nobody civic body’s headquarters government hospital and of salaries to striking November 30 last year has was ready to take summons and the oice of Krishna stayed there for almost two sanitation workers of not been executed yet. for the company at its given Nagar MLA S. K. Bagga. months. But it did not work the East Delhi The court had issued the address. They also met EDMC Com- out and he passed away in Municipal Corporation NBW against James when the The Directorate also sub- missioner Mohanjeet Singh. October,” Mr. Singh said. (EDMC), Minister Enforcement Directorate mitted their new addresses The EDMC, which has Satyendar Jain said on submitted that the alleged on which the fresh summons been undergoing a financial Not the first time Saturday while alleging middleman was out of the were issued. crisis for over two years, has This isn’t the first time that that corruption in the country. So, it was necessary The Directorate had filed not paid the workers their the EDMC workers have BJP-ruled civic body is to bring him here to face pro- the complaint in June last salaries for the months of gone on strike in the past two the “main reason” secution . year. November and December. DISGRUNTLED STAFF: Sanitation workers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation protest in front of years, as the corporation has behind its poor The complaint said James the civic body’s headquarters on Saturday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA been lagging behind on financial health. Company in the dock had received €30 million Struggling salary payments every few Special Judge Arvind Ku- from AgustaWestland as Due to non-payment of A safai karamchari, Jo- my family and had to rely on Singh, said that delayed months. This time, the BJP- ‘For employees only’ mar issued the fresh sum- kickbacks to execute the deal salary, the sanitation work- ginder Bohot, said he was my parents to send money salaries over the last two ruled corporation has asked “The Delhi mons against Indian com- for sale of 12 helicopters to ers have been struggling to unsure of how he would pay from the village. They are years had made it diicult for the Delhi government to ex- government is working pany Messrs Media Exim India in its favour in the guise make ends meet. Most have rent and added that his elec- farmers so they can’t spare him to aford medical treat- pedite the release of the last on providing relief to Private Limited and its dir- of genuine transactions for pending bills while others tricity connection was cut as much, but we had no option,” ment for his two-year-old instalment of grants for this the employees of the ectors R. K. Nanda and J. B. performing multiple work face eviction as they have not he was unable to pay the bill. said the father of five. son, Aakash. The child had a financial year so that it can EDMC. The Subramaniyam, asking them contracts in the country. been able to pay rent. “I couldn’t buy groceries for Another worker, Vikram congenital heart condition, pay the sanitation staf. government will give to be present before the court funds only for salaries on February 22, the next date Bribery charges of employees. We have of hearing. Another case related to the to do something for According to the Special alleged payment of bribery in Private trucks to them,” he told Public Prosecutor in the case, the deal is being probed by mediapersons here. N.K. Matta, Nanda and Sub- the CBI. remove garbage Hitting out at BJP ramaniyam have told in their The latter had recently ar- corporators of the East statements that they had set rested former Air Chief S.P. STAFF REPORTER Delhi Municipal up the company at the behest Tyagi, his cousin Sanjeev corporation, the Delhi of James. Tyagi and advocate Gautam NEW DELHI: The East Delhi Mu- Home Minister alleged The court issued the fresh Khiatan in connection with nicipal Corporation that instead of summons against the three it. They were later granted (EDMC) on Saturday de- collecting tax, they are accused when Mr. Matta in- bail. cided to deploy trucks oper- “interested in collecting ated by private contractors bribe”. to lift garbage from dhalaos. Garbage has not been col- Blame game DCW notice over lack of lected since Thursday, which “Instead of collecting was a public holiday, and the tax, they are interested workers have been on strike in collecting bribe. If CCTVs at police stations since Friday. As a result, the someone constructs garbage dumps and streets of home, they get ₨10 lakh NEW DELHI: The Delhi Commis- ity,” the notice read, seeking a east Delhi have been accu- as bribe. That is the sion for Women (DCW) on response within two weeks. mulating trash. main reason behind Saturday issued a notice to The commission has To ensure that residents their poor financial the Delhi Police over non-in- sought a list of police stations are not inconvenienced, the condition. They stallation of CCTV cameras where CCTV cameras are in- EDMC will deploy 13 trucks (EDMC) collect ₨15 in police stations as man- stalled along with the num- in the Shahdara (South) crore annually through dated by the Supreme Court. ber of cameras, working Zone and 30 trucks in the advertisements, but The step has been taken by status and location of each Shahdara (North) Zone from they get a bribe of ₨15 the women’s body following device; and also a list of po- Sunday to lift garbage from crore per month media reports highlighting lice stations where CCTV dhalaos and transport it to through illegal the issue. cameras are not installed and the Ghazipur landfill. The hoardings,” Mr. Jain “Despite orders from the reasons for the same. Deputy Commissioners of said. apex court to install CCTV The Supreme Court in the zones have asked the Mr. Jain also cameras in all police stations 2015, while hearing a matter local police for help ensure convened a meeting of to ensure police accountabil- wherein a woman lawyer was that the protesting workers senior EDMC oicials ity, not one camera has been manhandled by policemen don’t hinder the work. to discuss the situation installed. Furthermore, the inside a police station, The last time the workers and find ways to end the cameras that were already in- ordered that CCTV cameras had gone on strike in 2016 strike of around 17,000 stalled in some police sta- be installed in all police sta- they had tried to prevent the sanitation workers. tions prior to the court’s or- tions at the reception area as lifting of garbage by private — PTI der are either not working or well as the lock-up and inter- contractors. DIRTY PICTURE: Garbage piles up near Nirman Vihar Metro station on Saturday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA do not have recording facil- rogation rooms. — PTI

AAP gets ₨1crore from traders in fundraiser dinner Look both ways

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi helped the party achieve campaigns. manner. He said his rival Party (AAP) on Saturday the target. The funds will had spent ₨4 crore to woo claimed to have achieved be utilised for elections in ‘No leverage’ voters. the target of raising ₨1 crore Punjab and Goa. “Those parties who “Whenever we needed with the support of around Earlier, the AAP had receive funds from money we have stood 400 traders in and around promised to keep its corporate giants will be before the common man Delhi who took part in a funding process forced to change public asking for it and we have fundraiser dinner. transparent and declare all policies because of vested received it. This is the In a event attended by information related to interests. To avoid such sustainable model,” Mr. Deputy Chief Minister donations on its oicial intervention we are relying Sisodia said. Manish Sisodia and website, however, it also on a sustainable model The AAP Minister also Ministers Kapil Mishra, decided to conceal the Deputy Chief Minister Manish through which we receive vowed to take up issues of Imran Hussain and MLAs identity of some of its Sisodia was at the event. funds from public,” the the traders. “We will be Sukhbir Singh Dalal and donors to avoid being Deputy CM said. receiving points of agenda Som Dutt, the party’s trade “victimised” by opponents. parties” and remarked that Mr. Sisodia said that for from the traders and will wing convener Brijesh Speaking at the event, it is “never a sustainable his first election, he had set a countdown to fulfil Goyal declared that the Mr. Sisodia hit out at model” to rely on such raised ₨4 lakh for the their requests,” Mr. Sisodia support from traders has “corporate-funded political funds for election election in a similar said. — PTI

Delhi Police nab criminal wanted in One killed, another hurt multiple cases of attempt to murder in Dakshinpuri shooting Automatic .765mm pistol and six live cartridges recovered from accused STAFF REPORTER Police have ruled out STAFF REPORTER Monu was engaged Monu told the police that NEW DELHI: A youth was killed the involvement of in a turf battle to he had started wrestling at an while another sufered injur- gangs and suspect NEW DELHI: A criminal wanted akhara in Gonda and then ies when they were shot at by personal enmity in multiple cases of attempt gain control of a got work as a personal secur- a group of unidentified men to murder and robbery, Yo- gang of extortionists ity oicer to a financier in in south-east Delhi's Daksh- behind the incident ginder Sharma aka Monu Pe- the area. He soon started inpuri on Saturday evening. helwan, has been caught by a active in east Delhi working as a recovery agent The police have ruled out drove away,” said Deputy team of the south-east dis- for financiers, which led him the involvement of gangs act- Commissioner of Police trict police. At about 5.30 p.m., Monu to associate with some local ive in the area and suspect (South East) Romil Baaniya. Police say that Monu was made his way to a bus stand goons. Attracted to the life- personal enmity behind the engaged in a turf battle to at Okhla Mandi and was ap- style, Monu became a finan- incident. Rushed to hospital DAREDEVIL: A goose on a busy street in the Capital on Saturday. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR gain control of a gang of ex- prehended by the police. cier himself, lending money The deceased, identified Both the victims were tortionists active in east The police recovered a to auto-rickshaw drivers, as Jeet, ran a tyre repair shop taken to a hospital where Delhi. loaded automatic .765mm scrap dealers and vendors. in G Block of Dakshinpuri Jeetu succumbed to his injur- He was wanted in connec- pistol as well as six live cart- This work led him to come and it was his shop where the ies. Sources said he had sus- tion with a case of robbery ridges from the accused. into conflict with a gang that incident took place. tained four bullet injuries. Cong protests ‘anti-people’ policies of PM and three cases of attempt to Later, an FIR was re- included one Kamaljeet or The injured man, Nadeem, Nadeem, meanwhile, sus- murder in east Delhi. gistered at the Amar Colony Bittu, Charanjeet or Dabbu is said to be his friend. tained a bullet injury in his STAFF REPORTER answer allegations of cor- demonetisation. police station as per provi- and Billa, who would extort leg and is currently under ruption against him. Delhi Pradesh Congress Trap is laid sions of the Arms Act. money from him. Shooters on motorcycles treatment. NEW DELHI: Protesting against Congress vice-president Committee spokesperson Acting on a tip-of re- After a falling out between According to the police, A case of murder has been what they termed were the Rahul Gandhi had raised the Sharmistha Mukherjee said ceived on Wednesday that a Extortion bids Billa and Dabbu, Monu de- the firing was reported registered and further probe “anti-people” policies of issue of Mr. Modi having al- that though Mr. Modi had criminal and shooter associ- South-east Delhi district cided to side with Billa and around 7.30 p.m. when three is on. Prime Minister Narendra legedly taken bribes from in- asked for 50 days after an- ated with the gangster Deputy Commissioner of began extorting money. to four men on two motor- While the motive remains Modi, Congress workers dustrial houses such as the nouncing demonetisation on Dharambir, also known as Police Romil Baaniya said After Billa was arrested in cyles arrived at the spot. unknown, the police ruled held demonstrations across Birla and Sahara groups. November 8, “economic an- Billa, would be meeting an that sustained interrogation, November 2016 for plotting “Two of them got down out the possibility that either the city on Saturday. As part of the Congress’ archy” had continued. associate at Okhla Mandi, the 28-year-old accused told to murder their rival Bittu, from the bike and fired a few of the victim, or both, were Protests were held in all countrywide campaign, its The Delhi Mahila Con- the police formed a team and the police about his involve- Monu was left in charge of rounds at Nadeem and Jitu. linked to any gangs active in the districts of the Capital Delhi unit also held demon- gress will hold demonstra- laid a trap. ment in extortion bids. the gang. Almost immediately they south-east Delhi. and demanded that Mr. Modi strations to protest against tions on Monday.

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 CITY/STATE 5 CAUSE FOR CONCERN NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh Hospitals see spike in flu among kids govt on ‘sexual assault’ by cops Commission finds prima facie evidence of assault on 16 women Winter months are especially tough for children, say doctors; recommend good hygiene practices STAFF REPORTER Bijapur, Sukma and Dante- terim monetary relief of ₨ 37 wada districts of Chhattis- lakh for the 16 victims. The BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN inhale droplets that are tion of fever can also last from NEW DELHI: Sixteen women garh. Looking at the “gravity amount includes ₨ 3 lakh for coughed or sneezed out by an a week to upto 10 days. were prima facie found to be of the allegations”, the full each of the eight victims of NEW DELHI: With the dip in tem- infected person, or when they “During winter, flu should sexually and physically as- Bench of the NHRC con- rape, ₨ 2 lakh for each of the peratures, city hospitals are come in direct contact with be considered in all children saulted by Chhattisgarh Po- sidered the matter on Febru- six victims of sexual assault witnessing a spike in the num- mucus or spit from someone with fever; children with lice personnel, as per the Na- ary 22, 2016 and ordered an and ₨ 50,000 each for the two ber of influenza cases among with the infection. The best fever and acute onset of res- tional Human Rights investigation into the case. victims of physical assault. children. Winter makes kids way to avoid flu in children is piratory illness; children with Commission (NHRC), which The NHRC team recorded prone to influenza infections to get a yearly vaccination,” fever and exhilaration of un- issued a show-cause notice to the statements of some of the ‘State is liable’ and respiratory problems, said Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, na- derlying chest condition; chil- the State government on Sat- security personnel and vic- “The Commission has ob- hence it is important to adopt tional president, Indian Med- dren with pneumonia and urday. tims, but was unable to reach served that it is of the view preventive measures and ical Association children with a temperature out to all the victims men- that, prima facie, human good hygiene practices, said of over 100oF, with severe News reports, complaints tioned in the FIRs filed in the rights of the victims have doctors. GUARD UP: Children are vulnerable to the infection due to a Rarely fatal cough or sore throat. The NHRC was hearing cases. been grossly violated by the Influenza is a viral illness weaker immune system. FILE PHOTO Ear discharge, develop- Paracetamol should be given the matter of alleged sexual security personnel of the and often manifests in a mild ment into asthma and pneu- in recommended doses upto assault by police personnel in Monetary relief government of Chhattisgarh form in children, said the doc- clude abrupt onset of fever, may also cause nausea, vomit- monia are common complica- 48 hours and encourage your Chhattisgarh, based on com- While it is yet to record the for which the State govern- tors. Such infections are most headache, muscle pain and ing and diarrhoea. tions in children. child to rest and drink lots of plaints that it received in statements of 20 of the wo- ment is vicariously liable,” frequent in the winter and malaise afected by manifest- Complicated pneumonia may fluids, preferably warm fluids. 2016, as well as a news report men, the NHRC has found said an NHRC statement. children are especially ation of respiratory tract ill- Yearly vaccination be severe and rapidly fatal, es- One important point to re- from November, 2015 that it that 16 of them were prima The statements of the re- susceptible. ness – sore throat, cough and “Flu is highly contagious, pecially if the bacterium is member is that flu is caused took suo motu cognisance of facie assaulted by police per- maining victims would be re- nasal discharge. These symp- particularly when kids stay Staph. However, it is not ne- by a virus, so antibiotics won’t certain news reports. As per sonnel. Issuing a notice to the corded within a month, Highly contagious toms are usually very similar close to each other like in a cessary that all the mentioned help and can even cause upset the reports and complaints, Chhattisgarh Chief Secret- either by a new NHRC in- The symptoms of uncom- to that of a cold, or upper res- school environment. Influ- symptoms be present in all stomach and diarrhoea,” ad- several women were assaul- ary, the NHRC asked why it vestigation team or the ma- plicated flu in children in- piratory tract infection. It enza spreads when children children. Moreover, the dura- ded Dr. K.K Aggarwal. ted by police personnel in the should not recommend an in- gistrate concerned.

Man held in One arrested Metro with gun Gurugram: man on the Ex-serviceman shot dead for kidnap of

NEW DELHI: A man was held at a trader in 2015 Delhi Metro station on Sat- run after shooting at son urday for allegedly carrying NEW DELHI: A man has been ar- a country-made pistol and a STAFF REPORTER licenced revolver around Jagdish then called up the rested for allegedly kidnap- pair of bullets in his baggage. 9 p.m. after the Police Control Room to ping a Gujarat-based trader in Oicials said the incident GURUGRAM: A 57-year-old altercation. Mr. inform about the the Capital in 2015, the police was reported from Tilak ex-serviceman allegedly Mordhwaj returned incident. He also said on Saturday. Nagar station at about 9 pm shot at and injured his home late on Friday informed his friends who Sajid (23) was nabbed by a when CISF personnel detec- son at his house in Patel evening in a drunken took Mr. Mordhwaj to a Crime Branch team of the ted the weapon and ammuni- Nagar here on Friday state and allegedly picked private hospital. Delhi Police from a bus stop tion in the baggage of a com- following a minor a fight with his parents. near Ashram Chowk on muter, identified as M Suri altercation. The man ‘Given to drinking’ Thursday, Ravindra Yadav, (30), a resident of Rajouri sustained four bullet Beat up parents A case of attempt to said Joint Commissioner of Gardenarea, during scan- injuries and is said to be He allegedly beat up murder has been Police (Crime). ning. PTI in a critical condition. his parents and also registered against Mr. The trader, Valji Bhai, had grabbed Mr. Jagdish's Jagdish, who is come to Delhi from Bhuj in Shot 4 times revolver kept in the absconding, at the Civil PROBE IS ON: A police team at the spot where Subhash Yadav (inset) was shot dead in December, 2015, after getting According to the wardrobe. Mr. Mordhwaj Lines Police Station. The Badshahpur on Saturday. PHOTO: PTI phone calls from unidentified Phone snatched police, Jagdish Chandra allegedly tried to shoot neighbours purportedly persons informing him about fired four times at his son his father, but his mother told the police that Mr. STAFF REPORTER The police suspect per- day, said the police. cars available at throwaway STAFF REPORTER Mordhwaj from his foiled the attempt. Mr. Mordhwaj, who holds a sonal enmity to be the reason Inspector Arvind Kumar, prices, the police oicer said. Jagdish then snatched the degree in law, was given GURUGRAM: An ex-serviceman behind the murder. Station House Oicer, Bad- NEW DELHI: The mobile phone revolver from his son and to drinking and often was shot dead allegedly by his Subhash had taken volun- shahpur, said Bijender had Ransom call of a TV journalist was opened fire at him. misbehaved with his neighbour in Badshahpur tary retirement from the met with an accident over a At Delhi railway station, snatched by unidentified per- parents and others in the here on Saturday. The ac- Army in 1994 and lived in year ago. He suspected Valji met a man who took him sons outside a mall in east While two bullets Father calls PCR locality. cused is on the run. Badshahpur village with his Subhash of having cast a to Palwal to show him the car. Delhi’s Karkardooma. The in- hit Mordhwaj in the “While two bullets hit Jagdish has four wife and two sons. black magic spell on him There, he was kidnapped by cident took place around 8 Mordhwaj in the children — two sons and ‘Personal enmity’ leading to the accident. five to six persons who called p.m. The journalist, Manoj abdomen, two abdomen, two others hit two daughters — of Subhash Yadav, 50, was on Grudge over accident Bijender allegedly bore a up his son demanding a Verma, told The Hindu that others hit him on him on the back when he whom Mr. Mordhwaj is his way home when the ac- He owned a plot on Dar- grudge against Subhash and ransom of ₨ 5 lakh, Mr. Yadav bikers snatched his mobile tried to escape,” said the youngest, and the cused, Bijender, allegedly ac- paripur Road, where he had shot him on Saturday. said. The gang let Valji Bhai while he was talking on it and the back when he Station House Oicer, only one who is costed him and shot him at constructed a house and let it A case of murder has been go after getting information fled. tried to escape Civil Lines Police Station, unmarried and living point-blank range. Subhash out on rent. He also had a registered at Badshahpur po- about an impending police The suspects were identi- Inspector Jaipal. Mr. with his parents. sufered five gunshot injuries small temple on the plot lice station and eforts are on raid. Five accused were arres- fied late evening. and died on the spot. which he used to visit every to arrest Bijender. ted last year. PTI Soon, an app to report HC upholds expulsion of medico bad roads in Haryana No relief to student who forged signatures for receiving a scholarship under EWS scheme

AKANKSHA JAIN phase of training in MBBS, it ticed, the varsity on May 1, STAFF REPORTER agencies. Initially, the pro- The medico had been will not be prudent to take 2012 requested the Army ject would be implemented NEW DELHI: Noting that a med- rusticated earlier too him back after expulsion college to initiate a strict ac- GURUGRAM: The Haryana gov- on pilot basis in Hisar in col- ical oicer has to be the epi- purely on moral grounds. tion against the petitioner ernment will soon launch a laboration with Haryana for posing as a tome of trust, the Delhi High Given his background, it is and also to recover the mobile application to Space Applications Centre doctor while still a Court refused to grant any fairly certain that he cannot amount from him. promptly deal with com- (HARSAC) and National In- relief to a medico who was student at the college be groomed into an ethical plaints regarding the condi- formatics Centre (NIC). expelled from the Army Col- medical oicer. Any leni- Rustication tion of roads in the State. History on upkeep lege of Medical Sciences on from his perspective but ency at this stage may be The Court was also in- charges of forging signa- from a larger perspective of dangerous to the society at formed that during the year Upload pictures Later on, the portal on tures and stamps for receiv- the society which he would large in the future,” said the 2011-12, the petitioner was Chief Minister Manohar geo-referencing of roads ing a scholarship amount serve if he is allowed to go Bench while quoting the ob- rusticated from the College Lal Khattar, in a meeting, has would cover the entire State. under the EWS scholarship scot-free”. servations made by the from August 10, 2011 to Feb- directed the Public Works This portal will help in scheme. DGMS, while rejecting the ruary 9, 2012 for posing as a (Building and Roads) De- quickly identifying the Epitome of trust medico's request for recon- doctor and practising medi- partment to prepare a mo- agency in charge of a partic- Not first ofence “The plea that the peti- sideration of the order of cine at the medical camp or- bile application on priority ular road and the history of The medico had been rus- tioner cannot pursue any expulsion. ganised by him, where he basis to enable people to up- construction and repair of ticated before for posing as a other career does not appeal stated himself to be Dr. P.K. load pictures of roads with all roads. doctor, although he was still to this Court. Had the charge Strict action by college Singh although he was yet to potholes, if any, or those that It was also decided in the a student. It was during rus- been a diferent one and not In the instant case, the pe- receive the necessary are in a bad condition so that meeting that, to prevent fre- tication that he committed as serious as the one com- titioner was granted admis- degree. the oicers of the depart- quent digging of rural and forgery. Upon hearing his mitted by the petitioner, sion in the Army College of While the rustication was ment concerned are alerted urban roads in the districts petition for leniency, Justice possibly the Court could Medical Sciences on August in force on November 11, andare able to take remedial for providing various civic V.Kameshwar Rao con- have taken a lenient and 25, 2008 which is ailiated to 2011, he committed the for- measures within the stipu- amenities like laying of sew- cluded, “The ofence, for pragmatic view so as not to the Guru Gobind Singh In- gery for scholarship. While lated period. After the road erage pipelines, all the de- which he was expelled, is not damage the career of a per- draprastha University. the petitioner urged before has been repaired, the con- partments — including Pub- the first one. The earlier one son,” Justice Rao said. During academic year the court that the punish- tractor in charge of the re- lic Health Engineering, of impersonation was an “A medical oicer has to 2010-2011, he submitted an ment is unconscionable, pair work would upload a BSNL, Power Distribution equally serious one. Regret- be an epitome of trust, hu- application for claiming totally annihilating his aca- picture of the same which Companies, Petroleum and tably, despite rustication, he mility and sacrifice, always scholarship under EWS demic life as a doctor and would also be received by Optical Fiber Companies — did not mend his conduct. placing others before self. Scheme for ₨ 55,000 from bringing to an end the dream the complainant. would seek online approval He indulged in a further He has to demonstrate abil- Guru Gobind Singh In- of a marginal family to see its To begin with, the mobile- through this portal. more serious ofence of for- ities to win over the confid- draprastha University. The child in the robes of a doctor, based application would The condition of roads ging the signature/stamps of ence of those whom he application was verified and the Army college said a per- also be launched in Hisar. would improve only after an oicer for monetary gain. serves. forwarded with recom- son who could not mend his The Haryana government laying future facilities in ad- This ofence/ misconduct “As Mr... has repeatedly in- mendations of Dean on July conduct having been rustic- has also decided to launch a vance so as to avoid any dig- committed by the petitioner dulged in malpractices even 26, 2010. ated earlier, is not entitled to portal to geo-reference ging work once the road is has to be looked not only before completing the initial When the forgery was no- any sympathy. roads owned by diferent complete. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 NORTHERN REGION 7 Gen. J.J. Singh joins SAD To contest against Punjab Cong chief Amarinder Singh for the Patiala (Urban) seat

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CHANDIGARH: Former Indian Army chief General J.J. Singh on Saturday formally joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and would be contesting against Punjab Congress president Capt. Amarinder Singh for the Pa- tiala (Urban) seat in the upcoming Assembly polls, slated for February 4. Party president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was present at the event. Soon after joining SAD, Gen. Singh said that he would take the Former Army Chief Gen. (retd.) Joginder Jaswant Singh addressing battle to his opponent Captain Am- media persons along with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani arinder Singh’s camp and attain vic- Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal in Chandigarh on Saturday. tory. - PHOTO: AKHILESH KUMAR “I believe in reaching out and winning hearts. The people of Pa- served as the Governor of Ar- chief’s candidature from Patiala tiala are my own. Capt. Amarinder unachal Pradesh. was most befitting. “Both General is a scion of the erstwhile Maharaja SAD president Sukhbir Singh sahab and Captain Amarinder of Patiala and thinks he can win Badal, after announcing Gen J. J. Singh started together in the Indian elections without even stepping out Singh as the party’s candidate army as course mates. However, of his house. But now he will realise from Patiala (Urban) Assembly Capt. Amarinder chose to opt out who he is facing,” said Gen. Singh. constituency, said that Gen. Singh after three years while General “He (Capt. Amarinder) is facing had approached the SAD and ex- sahab reached the very top,” he the son of a soldier, three genera- pressed an interest in giving back added. tions of whose family have served in to the city in which he had lived the armed forces. He will face the and grown up as a child. heat soon,” he added. “We immediately agreed, given The 71-year-old ex-Army chief Gen. Singh’s stupendous contri- became the first Sikh chief of the In- bution to the nation,” he said. dian Army in January 2005 and has Mr. Badal said the former army NOIDA/DELHI 8 | SOUTH THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 Turf tussle sets L-G against CM in Puducherry Simmering discord between Kiran Bedi and V. Narayanasamy has turned into a full-blown political confrontation

M. DINESH VARMA tiated by her to pass on in- tions. Hence @CM_Pu- structions to oicials. The ‘Will relinquish ducherry’s order stands can- PUDUCHERRY: The last pretence oicial was detained by po- celled,” Ms. Bedi also of cohesive governance may lice and later summoned to oice in 2018’ tweeted. And, in her manner have vanished this past week Raj Nivas for an explanation. PUDUCHERRY: Kiran Bedi on of proving the point (of more in Puducherry, with the sim- The Lt. Governor sub- Saturday said she would technology for governance), mering discord between Lt. sequently suspended the of- relinquish office on May 29, 2018, posted the government cir- Governor Kiran Bedi and ficial and also directed po- on completing two years in the cular and her own order on Chief Minister V. Naray- lice to book a case under Union Territory. In an open letter Twitter. GEARING UP: A man in Amalapuram preparing his rooster for a anasamy turning into a full- Section 67-A of the IT Act. to Puducherrians, she assured fight during the festival season. — PHOTO: B.V.S. BHASKAR blown confrontation. Closing ranks, the bureau- them that until then she would Complaint to Minister While in the past, the cracy decided to exit the Lt. uphold the rule of law without The Lt. Governor order’s Union Territory’s titular Governor’s WhatsApp fear or favour. superseding the government Unfazed, punters get head and its political com- groups after a delegation of “I shall relinquish my office on circular set the cat among mander-in-chief have dis- oicials failed to convince May 29, 2018, when I complete the political pigeons. missed the slightest sugges- Ms. Bedi to withdraw the two years... I have already In a hard-hitting com- ready to bet on tion of a rift and reasserted suspension. informed my seniors.” Ms. Bedi plaint to Union Home Minis- the constitutional limits of RIFT IN THE OPEN: A file picture of Puducherry Lieutenant said in the letter. ter Rajnath Singh, eight Con- their roles, they might no Government circular Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. gress MLAs blamed the Lt. longer bother to feign con- Mr. Narayanasamy chose Governor for her “rigidly rooster fights in A.P. cord after the dramatic de- not to respond directly, in- no-brainer that the move ically stated that the oicial, imminent. autocratic, unethical, whim- velopments of the last week, stead sanctioning cannon was intended as a rebuf to in his capacity as an electoral Apparently unfazed by the sical and dictatorial” style of B.V.S. BHASKAR roosters,” said Rama Rao, a which featured lewd videos fire against the Lt. Governor the Lt. Governor. oicer, is subject to “control, setback from the ECI’s dir- running the administration punter. Demonetisation had on WhatsApp, the suspen- via his Cabinet Ministers. Interestingly, the chal- superintendence and discip- ective, the very next day, the by “overlooking” an elected AMALAPURAM (EAST GODAVARI): no efect on rooster fights — sion of an oicial, refereeing However, the government lenge to the Lt. Governor’s line of the Commission un- Lt. Governor cancelled the government. Punters in the East and West it only afected the breeding by the Election Commission, came out with a circular suspension order would der Section 13CC of the Rep- government circular prohib- If the ruling Congress Godavari districts of Andhra of the birds. “Badam, pista and a government circular dated January 2, 2017, prohib- come, not from the govern- resentation of People Act, iting the use of social media stopped short of demanding Pradesh are getting ready for and liquor rates have in- trashed by Raj Nivas. iting oicials from using so- ment, but from the Election 1950”, and the Lt. Governor as it “has been issued in con- a recall, the Opposition AI- rooster fights — and betting creased by 30 per cent. After Trouble started after the cial media for “interaction Commission of India. The should have taken the Com- travention of guidelines, ADMK urged the Centre to on them — in the coming the High Court ban, police Lt. Governor suspended a with seniors bypassing the ECI stayed the Lt. Gov- mission into confidence be- rules, and policies, etc., in recall the Lt. Governor for festival season. The ban on took away roosters on which Pondicherry Civil Services administrative hierarchy and ernor’s suspension order as fore placing the oicial un- force”. “violating the procedures the sport may not be taken we spent thousands of ru- cadre oicial for posting a re- routine oicial channel”. the oicial happened to be der suspension, particularly "If Puducherry has to be a and set rules by having fre- seriously as the Supreme pees,” he said. portedly lewd video on one Though the circular cited serving as an Electoral Re- when the publication of the progressive UT it cannot be quent tussle with the elected Court allowed the return of In the Atreyapuram man- of the WhatsApp groups ini- security risks, it was a virtual gistration Oicer. It categor- final electoral rolls was retrograde in communica- government”. roosters taken away by po- dal, police formed teams to lice as a precautionary meas- seize roosters from ure. Pulidindi, Peravaram and On Friday, the court stayed Tadipudi villages and kept HC denies bail Railways should an Andhra Pradesh High them in police stations. Fol- ‘Amma’ fans are collectibles in Ongole Court order allowing joint lowing the Supreme Court to IS suspect not impose fine teams of police and district order, the owners went to the People buy the fans, distributed as freebies by T.N. govt., in memory of Jayalalithaa administration to seize police stations on Saturday Mehdi Biswas on children: Panel roosters primed for tradi- and got their roosters back. S. MURALI actor, she bought a table tional fights conducted by “We are strictly going by STAFF REPORTER SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT fan at a throwaway price of farmers. the High Court order [which ONGOLE: People of Ongole in Rs. 700. Many like her buy Punters started breeding has banned rooster fights]. BENGALURU: The High Court of Andhra Pradesh have been the fans as mementos. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Ker- roosters brought from In- We will also implement the Karnataka has refused to enjoying the freebies “No table fan is available ala State Commission for donesia, Tamil Nadu and Supreme Court directions. grant bail to Mehdi Masroor ofered by the two main for less than Rs. 2,000 in Protection of Child Rights Karnataka six months ago, to We have formed groups in Biswas, a Bengaluru-based parties of Tamil Nadu — the market,” said another has directed the Railways make the sport fierier, and major villages and spoken to techie who was arrested on the DMK and the AIADMK buyer, Shanthi. Prema, who and investigators not to im- reportedly shifted their dens organisers. We have told the charge of promoting and — for long. From colour bought a fan and juicer- pose a fine on children below to interior areas. them to stop the blood supporting the claims of ter- television sets given by the mixer for Rs. 1,250, added: 18, found violating railway or There are five to six well- sport,” said L. Ankaiah, DSP, rorist organisation Islamic DMK government to wet “Even if they last for six any other law. known places in East and Amalapuram. State through Twitter handle grinders ofered by the months or so, they will be If it was clear that children West Godavari districts, Undeterred, the organ- “@shamiwitness.” former Chief Minister worth more than the had violated the rules, the where this sport is organ- isers are consulting pundits Justice L. Narayana Swamy Jayalalithaa, the freebies money paid.” agencies concerned should ised. to fix ‘muhurthams’ to start passed the order while dis- are sold at dirt cheap prices CHEAP & BEST: A woman waits for buyers of ‘Amma’ table The saleswoman, who produce them before the Ju- Hundreds of people from the fights. The ‘muhurtham’ missing a petition filed by by traders from Tamil fans in Ongole. — PHOTO: KOMMURI SRINIVAS gets a ‘replenishment’ venile Justice Board or sub- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, will be fixed with the help of Mehdi. “The entire material, Nadu. every week from small- mit a report. Karnataka and Kerala take astrological calendars like investigation papers and the The latest in the list is to roadside shops. People an actor — much before time traders who come The children should not part in it. ‘Kukkuta Sastra,’ specially statements recorded reveal the table fan. The ‘Amma’ take a piece or two of the she rose in politics to with truck loads of such be produced in a railway designed for roosters. that there are materials fans, distributed as freebies electrical appliance rather become Tamil Nadu Chief appliances from the court or a report submitted ‘Advance received’ “Each rooster has a colour, which convince the court by the AIADMK than buy from shops at Minister,” said an elderly neighbouring State, said: to the court, commission “We have already received name and star. We will de- about the involvement of the government, have made higher prices. “We knew woman, Nagalakshmi. An “We sell them in the same member K. Nazeer said. No advance from young soft- cide the ‘muhurtham’, and accused,” the judge said their way in good numbers her [Jayalalithaa] more as admirer of the yesteryear condition as we get them.” fines could be levied on ware engineers of Hydera- send our roosters out,” said while denying him bail. them, the panel said. bad and Bengaluru to bet on Venkatapati Raju. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 NATION 9 ‘Gujarat will be defence services hub’ Goa police file charge sheet in Rape, murder of teen MAHESH LANGA At the Vibrant Gujarat Monika Ghurde AHMEDABAD: Defence equip- Summit, several MoU ment manufacturing and in- will be inked with murder case ternational finance services Indian and foreign SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT spark wild rumours are the focus areas at the Vi- brant Gujarat Summit, which firms: Vijay Rupani will be inaugurated by Prime PANAJI: The Goa police on Fri- The 14-year-old from Sangli had left home after a fight Minister Narendra Modi on centres or manufacturing day filed a charge sheet in the January 10 at Mahatma units in the State. alleged sexual abuse and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Police urge restraint, range, Vishwas Nangre Patil. Mandir Exhibition Centre in International financial murder of perfume specialist The victim was taken to a Gandhinagar. services is another area of fo- Monika Ghurde (39) in an MUMBAI: The police have initi- block social media government hospital, where “We have recently an- cus, with the opening of the apartment at Bella Vista in ated a probe into the rape posts that gave the she was declared brought nounced a policy to support international stock exchange Sangolda, Saligao, in the and murder of a 14-year-old dead. By this time, her defence and aerospace man- set up by the Bombay Stock north coastal belt of the State girl, whose body was found incident caste mother also approached the ufacturing. At the Vibrant Exchange (BSE) in Gujarat in early October. near a school in the Malwadi overtones police, and was directed to Gujarat Summit, several big- International Finance Tec The police have filed a village of Sangli on Friday the hospital, where she iden- ticket memoranda of under- City (GIFT City) near 283-page charge sheet in a morning. rumour-mongers. We will tified the body. A post- standing will be inked with Gandhinagar. The BSE’s in- trial court in Mapusa in Aside from spreading take action under cyber laws mortem revealed that the girl companies like the Anil Am- ternational exchange will north Goa against the secur- panic in the area, the incid- against those who are trying had been sexually assaulted bani Group, Mahindra & also be opened by Mr. Modi ity guard of the residential ent triggered a slew of ru- to disturb social harmony and smothered to death. Mahindra, L&T and a few SETTING HIGHER GOALS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with on January 9. complex, Rajkumar Singh mours on social media, and law and order,” he said. The Bhilawadi police star- foreign firms,” Gujarat Chief Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr. Modi will inaugurate (22), a native of Punjab, char- which suggested that the girl According to the police, ted investigations, making Minister Vijay Rupani told the Vibrant Gujarat Summit on January 10. — FILE PHOTO: PTI Jaitley to address seminar ging him under various sec- was raped and murdered be- the girl was staying with her inquiries with residents as The Hindu in an interview. During the three-day sum- tions of the Indian Penal cause she belonged to a par- mother and sister in well as some labourers who “Several mega factories to According to Mr. Rupani, equipment manufacturing mit, a seminar on ‘Business Code (IPC) for robbery, ticular caste. Taking a seri- Bhilawadi village, which is work and stay in sugarcane make defence equipment manufacturing is Gujarat’s will set up shop in the State,” Potential of IFSC in India’ murder and sexual assault. ous view, the police began around 150 metres from fields close to where the and research and develop- forte: the State is a leading said Mr. Rupani, who as- will be addressed by Union Ms. Ghurde was allegedly blocking such posts. where her body was found. body was found. “We are ment centres will be set up in manufacturing base for pet- sumed oice in August last Finance Minister Arun Jait- murdered by Singh on the in- “The girl walked out of her making inquiries with four to the State.” rochemicals, pharmaceutic- after the sudden resignation ley and Reserve Bank of In- tervening night of October 5 ‘Action under cyber law’ house on Thursday night fol- five possibilities in mind. A als, textiles and automobiles. of Anandiben Patel. dia Governor Urjit Patel. and 6. Singh was arrested in The Superintendent of Po- lowing an argument with man had been harassing her. New aerospace policy Now, defence equipment “GIFT City is the only in- Bangalore on October 10. lice, Sangli, Dattatray Shinde, her mother and did not re- That angle is being probed,” Aiming to attract invest- will join the list. Incentives ofered ternational financial ser- The charge sheet says that sent out a message on social turn. Her mother assumed Mr. Patil said. ment in aerospace and de- “After 2008, Gujarat Under the policy, tax in- vices centre in the country. Singh, who was a watchman media on Saturday morning, she might have gone to a rel- The police have registered fence design, development emerged as a preferred hub centives like reimbursement So, it will be the hub of finan- at the complex, nursed a negating all rumours. “I re- ative’s place. On Friday a case of rape and murder and manufacturing, the gov- for car-makers, with Ford, of stamp duty and exemption cial services, including bank- grudge against the victim quest all responsible citizens morning, the victim was under the Indian Penal Code ernment has announced Honda and Suzuki opening from the Value Added Tax ing, insurance and stock- after he was sacked when she not to believe such posts. found dead by the side of the as well as sexual assault on a Aerospace and Defence factories in the State. Simil- and interest subsidy on bor- trading. It has the potential to complained that he had Kindly do not forward such road near the public school minor under the Protection Policy-2016, ofering a slew arly, the companies engaged rowings are available to create thousands of jobs,” stolen her umbrella. He is at posts. Delete them and in- in Malwadi,” said Inspector- of Children from Sexual Of- of benefits and incentives. in defence and aerospace those seeking to set up R&D Mr. Rupani said. present in judicial custody. form the police about such General of Police, Kolhapur fences Act. Rain in Punjab, Haryana raises India-Myanmar Search operations border trade hit Shahabuddin’s ‘selfie’ in at Jharkhand hopes of bumper wheat yield by blockades Siwan jail triggers raids mine stalled VIKAS VASUDEVA IBOYAIMA LAITHANGBAM SIWAN/PATNA: Jailed Rashtriya that the selfie was clicked by SHIV SAHAY SINGH Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mo- Shahabuddin. Some “well- CHANDIGARH: A dip in temper- IMPHAL: Border trade between hammad Shahabuddin has wisher” who might have KOLKATA: Even as some bodies ature following rainfall in the India and Myanmar, legal- created yet another contro- come to meet him could have are still lying under the country’s key wheat-produ- ised in 1995, has virtually versy with his purported taken the photo and posted it debris at the site of Rajmahal cing States of Punjab and come to a halt thanks to re- selfie, showing his changed on social media, they said. Open Coal Mine disaster in Haryana will boost the curring blockades, general look in Siwan prison, going Shahabuddin, a four-time Jharkhand, search opera- wheat crop, easing concerns strike and other forms of viral on social media. RJD MP from Siwan, is cur- tions have been suspended about the adverse impact of disturbances. In the wake of the contro- rently lodged in the Siwan because of ‘strata movement’ unusual warm weather on Apart from highway rob- versy, the Siwan district ad- jail after the Supreme Court at the mine. the crop, oicials and ex- beries and rampant extor- ministration conducted cancelled his bail granted by As per records prepared perts told The Hindu on tion by militant outfits, trade raids inside the jail. the Patna High Court in con- by the district administra- Saturday. has fallen victim to unlawful Oicer in charge of the nection with the killing of tion, 23 persons went miss- The showers during the activities. Shoppers and Mufasil police station, the prime witness in the ing after the accident in the past 24 hours have been tourists are reluctant to visit Vinay Pratap Singh, on Sat- murder of two brothers. State’s Godda district on widespread and ended the the border towns of Moreh in urday said three mobile Known for muscle-flex- December 29. long dry spell in parts of Manipur and Namphalong in phones, four SIM cards and ing, Shahabuddin is facing Punjab and Haryana. A mer- Myanmar as a flash strike can Md. Shahabuddin’s selfie has two mobile batteries were over 36 cases, including Five still under debris cury dip is a good sign for the CAUSE FOR CHEER: Wheat being sown at a village near Phagwara leave them stranded for days. gone viral on social media.— seized in the raids. those of murder and kidnap- Eighteen bodies have been “temperature sensitive” in Kapurthala district, Punjab. — PHOTO: KAMAL NARANG Traders and oicials said if PHOTO CREDIT: @IANKURSINGH /TWITTER Siwan jail oicials denied ping. — PTI recovered so far, Godda sub- wheat crop, they said. the situation does not im- divisional oicer Sanjay Ku- “Rain has come at a good among experts and farmers India Meteorological De- prove, they may have to shift mar said. Five bodies are still time easing out concerns re- about falling wheat yields in partment (IMD), Chand- the trading centre elsewhere. buried under the debris. garding dip in productivity the both these States — igarh. Mizoram is likely to be the Man held for rape bid in Baghpat “All the teams, including of the crop due to unusual which have sown the crop on “These are welcome destination as there is no law those from the NDRF, are on warm weather in the past nearly 35 lakh hectares and showers. It will not only and order problem there. STAFF REPORTER to outrage her modesty), 324 of women if the medical re- standby. Search operations few days. It will benefit the over 25 lakh hectares re- boost the productivity of In 2015, there were 250 (voluntarily causing hurt by port confirmed it. “We have can start if we can chart out crop immensely, and if the spectively during the ongo- wheat but will also help in days of blockade, general MEERUT: Two days after a teen- dangerous weapons) and 323 arrested the main accused an alternative route,” Mr. Ku- weather remains conducive ing rabi (winter) season. curbing disease such as yel- strike and localised disturb- ager from Baghpat alleged (punishment for voluntarily and are interrogating him to mar told The Hindu. in the coming days, we can “Punjab and Haryana are low rust,” said Jasbir Singh ances, severely afecting that her ears were chopped causing hurt). The other ac- find out the whereabouts of Sanjay Singh, general man- expect a bumper production experiencing widespread Bains, director of Punjab ag- trade. The ongoing eco- of for resisting rape, one of cused are still at large. the other culprits,” he said. ager Eastern Coalfields Lim- this year,” P.S. Rangi, an agri- rains due to fresh western riculture department. nomic blockade imposed by the four accused, Ajay Kumar Sharma, The victim’s mother told ited (ECL), Rajmahal, said: culture expert and Punjab disturbance. Minimum tem- Wheat, the main rabi crop, the United Naga Council Mustaqeem, was arrested by Circle Oicer (Rural), Bagh- The Hindu that the four men “In principle, we have de- State Farmers Commission perature has come down and is sown between late Octo- since November 1 is no dif- the U.P. police on Saturday. pat, told The Hindu that he had kidnapped her daughter cided to pay compensation adviser said. in the next few days it is ber till December while the ferent, bringing trade almost He was charged under Sec- had instructed the police of- and taken her to a nearby to the missing, provided all A long dry spell, since Oc- likely to fall further,” said harvesting of the crop will to a standstill and forcing tion 354 (assault or criminal ficials to add further relevant house where they allegedly the formalities by the State tober had raised concerns Surinder Pal, director at the start from April. many shops to shut down. force to woman with intent sections for sexual violence tried to rape her. government are fulfilled.” NOIDA/DELHI WEEKEND 10 | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 BEING

DR HUMERUS FIGHTING TB Keshav ‘India’s refusal to scale up bedaquiline is really the world’s problem’ An 18-year-old girl’s legal battle puts the spotlight on the need to widen access to the new wonder drug for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

VIDYA KRISHNAN care is available to them elsewhere. global aspirations. India is clearly abdicating its responsibility on the An 18-year-old girl has taken the What are the implications for the TB front, and other countries have Indian government to court after rest of the world if India does not noticed this and are not happy being refused access to block- show urgency in this matter? about it. AROUND THE WORLD buster tuberculosis drug bedaquil- ine (BDQ). The girl has extens- There have been cases of per- Do you think India’s TB Hiding in ively drug-resistant tuberculosis sons travelling to India and becom- management policies are not in the lungs or XDR TB and her case is em- ing infected and sick with MDR- sync with the country’s disease blematic of the desperation of TB TB, so India’s refusal to scale up burden? Scientists have for patients in India, as the Health BDQ is really the world’s problem. the first time found Ministry has delayed the roll-out India desires to be more prominent The management policies are potential evidence of the life-saving drug beyond six on the international stage, but their completely out of sync with the of the Ebola virus centres in the country. As the case continued refusals to address the burden of TB and MDR-TB in the replication in the PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT comes up for hearing on Monday, public health crisis of TB and country. TB is an emergency in In- lungs of a person “TB is an emergency in India and needs to be treated as such.” Picture Jennifer J. Furin of Harvard MDR-TB really will limit such dia and needs to be treated as such. recovering from infection, according to research shows a medical illustration of tuberculosis. — PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Medical School, who is also an ex- India is such a leader in health and published in PLOS Pathogens. The findings could aid pert witness in the court case, tells medication. Second, the delay is necessary. You don’t want BDQ technology, it is baling that they research into new treatments and help better The Hindu in an e-mail interview means that little is being done to available in all the drugstores or on continue to report the highest rates understand how the virus is transmitted. From 2013 that the decision will have a far- stop the ongoing spread of MDR- the open market. But the severe re- of TB and MDR-TB in the world. to 2016, West Africa experienced an unprecedented reaching impact on India’s tuber- TB (multidrug-resistant tubercu- strictions the Indian government outbreak of haemorrhagic Ebola. Though there were culosis patients. Excerpts: losis). By denying people access to has placed on BDQ — with oicials Are you hopeful that the 18-year-old theories that the lung may be cocoon for the virus, Data from South Africa this drug — which doubles the saying it should only be used for girl will get access to bedaquiline in evidence has been elusive. It is possible, the show that the sooner a How worried are you about the chances of cure — they are allow- the worst, most resistant cases — time? scientists say, that the lungs simply provided a Indian government’s delay in rolling ing MDR-TB to spread unchecked actually increase the chance of person is offered access to protective environment that allowed RNA out bedaquiline? throughout the country. And this generating BDQ resistance. Data bedaquiline, the better the I am always hopeful that we will (ribonucleic acid) to linger longer than it did in the also afects the international com- from South Africa show that the do a better job in providing per- blood. However, the presence of RNA, for a range of outcome for the individual First of all, the delayed roll-out munity given that MDR-TB is an sooner a person is ofered access to sons living with TB and MDR-TB markers in the lungs, supports the possibility of patient and and restrictive criteria are result- airborne disease. BDQ , the better the outcome for with the care they need and de- active replication. — PLOS Pathogens. ing in the unnecessary loss of life the individual patient and for the for the serve. for thousands of people living in Will improving access to community. community A decision must be made ur- Follow India. Before we had limited op- bedaquiline result in antibiotic Denying this young woman ac- - Jennifer J. gently, though, because she is very tions for them, but now with beda- resistance, as the government cess to BDQ weakens the public’s Furin sick right now. We can no longer be this diet quiline we do, and all citizens of In- fears? confidence in the public health Harvard Medical satisfied with “protecting a drug” A study shows that dia (and of the world) have a right system, and they will continue to School when we should be protecting older people who to health and life and access to this Some degree of responsible use go to private services until quality people’s lives. followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT volume over a PERSPECTIVE three-year period than those who did not follow the Mai and Menna diet as closely. The study, in the journal Neurology, also found that eating more fish and less meat didn’t Health-care data induce changes in the brain. The Mediterranean diet includes large amounts of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, beans and cereal grains such as wheat and rice, is ailing moderate amounts of fish, dairy and wine, and SAMARTH BANSAL limited red meat and poultry. Researchers arrived at their conclusions after studying the eating habits of ata pertaining to 967 Scottish people around age 70, who did not Dhealth care in India, have dementia, and subjecting them to a sequence evidence shows, is of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans. — significantly ScienceDaily compromised in terms of its quality, its periodicity and coverage. In addition, Blame the boss “there is a visible discrepancy between the People who work for type of information bosses who display available and what is psychopathic and required by health PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGMENT narcissistic traits planners, medical not only feel more scientists and Figuring out why the data depressed due to researchers,” says a was collected often hints their bosses’ PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT recent paper by the towards how it was bullying behaviour but are also more likely to Health Team of the collected. engage in undesirable behaviour at work. These are National Institute of Lack of health-care data the key findings of a research team from the Public Finance and Policy from the private sector is University of Manchester’s Business School. A total (NIPFP), New Delhi. another major caveat. The HELP AT LAST: After months of appealing for medical help, Fatma Yousry and Islam Hassan, the parents of the It has been well NIPFP paper finds that the of 1,200 participants, from several countries and eighteen-month-old conjoined Egyptian twins, could have some reason for cheer. In a statement by the Saudi trades, took part in three studies that required them recognised and National Health Profile Press Agency, Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has issued instructions to transfer the girls to King Abdulaziz acknowledged by the published by the Central to complete questionnaires relating to their own Medical City, in Riyadh, to undergo medical checks prior to the separation operation. The twins share some tissue Bureau of Health psychological well-being, prevalence of workplace government oicials that and veins around the brain area. — PHOTO: AP data collection system in Intelligence, New Delhi, bullying in their organisation and their manager’s remains “severely personality. Analysis of the data showed that those India needs to be completely revamped as compromised” in terms of who work for such leaders had lower job CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE diferent data sources health expenditures satisfaction and scored higher on clinical measures lead to diferent incurred at private of depression. — Eurekalert conclusions. So if you facilities — even though 70 want to know the per cent of the health Sri Lanka’s next big fight proportion of births that expenditure is reported at Spinning special were delivered by those institutions. Unlike in its successful battle against malaria, the country has a peculiar challenge as it tries caesarian section in a Evidence-based, thread private health facility of informed health policies A chance meeting combating this disease — establishing a cause Andhra Pradesh, National require data. But there is between a spider Family Health Survey more to it: good quality MEERA SRINIVASAN expert and a Experts from the region, The focus, so far, has been largely on (NFHS)-4 will say it is 57 data is quite crucial for chemist has led to including from India, have curative measures, Dr. Herath says, ex- per cent but the Health eicient allocation of our the development of he International Society of Neph- plaining that efective preventive Information System of the limited resources. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT antibiotic synthetic Trologists (ISN) recently honoured been roped in to play a key measures could not be evolved National Rural Health However, good quality spider silk. After five years’ work, an Sri Lankan President Maithripala role in supporting initiatives without knowing what causes the con- Mission 2015-16 pegs it at data itself has no value if interdisciplinary team of scientists at The University Sirisena for his “extraordinary contri- dition. Dialysis and transplantation around 42 per cent. people don’t make use of aimed at curbing the disease it. Even when quality has of Nottingham has developed a technique to bution” to the fight against Chronic are the common medical responses, Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology depending on a patient’s condition, Data gaps improved for certain data produce special spider silk that can be tailored to sets such as the Health applications used in drug delivery, regenerative (CKDu). Lanka, reports of the condition first but the country’s available medical in- In an issue brief published by the Management Information medicine and wound healing. Their method, called The recognition comes months began emerging sometime in the frastructure is overstrained with the after the World Health Organisation 1990s, according to Dr. Herath. In 2014, increasing incidence of CKDu, he Observer Research System (HMIS), ‘click-chemistry’, can be used to attach molecules, Foundation (ORF), four stakeholders haven’t such as antibiotics or fluorescent dyes, to artificially declared Sri Lanka “malaria-free”, a Sri Lanka media widely reported on a notes. Sri Lanka, after consistent ef- significant public health achievement “mysterious” kidney disease spread- forts to strengthen its CKDu response major data gaps were started using it much. produce spider silk synthesised by E.coli bacteria. Oftake is low by the in the region. ing among farmers. “More recently, mechanisms (COMMA) currently has identified. First, there is a The research was published in the online journal lack of data at the sub- policy community at large, Advanced Materials. The chosen molecules can be Unlike in its fight against malaria, there are reports of the disease in nearly 400 dialysis machines. The and much lower by Sri Lanka has a peculiar challenge some parts of Andhra Pradesh, among country needs at least 1,000 in the State or the district level, ‘clicked’ into place in soluble silk protein at any time making it diicult to plan administrators, which in coming year, by nephrologists’ estima- during the fibre-formation process. This means that even as it tries combating CKDu — an people from the agricultural for targeted turn drives the lack of the process can be easily controlled and more than unknown enemy. The medical fratern- community.” tion. About 350 live kidney transplants interventions. Second, enthusiasm to further one type of molecule can be used to ‘decorate’ ity has been grappling with the ques- In Sri Lanka too, it is the agriculture- and 20 cadaveric kidney transplants data is collected at improve the data systems. individual silk strands. “Spider silk is strong, tion for years now and is yet to estab- intensive North Central Province are performed in Sri Lanka every year irregular intervals, which biocompatible and biodegradable. It is a protein- lish a cause that has scientific where the condition is highly and “both could increase,” Dr. Herath doesn’t allow for mid- The way forward based material that does not appear to cause a evidence backing it, according to Pres- prevalent. notes. course policy correction. To strengthen data strong immune, allergic or inflammatory reaction. ident of the Sri Lanka Association of Speaking at the award ceremony in For example, the fourth quality, the NIPFP paper Preventive measures makes four suggestions. With the recent development of recombinant spider Nephrologists, Chula Herath. Colombo in December, Mr. Sirisena round of NFHS was said CKDu was endemic among poor Working on prevention is not easy conducted after a gap of First, the definitions for silk, the race has been on to find ways of harnessing ‘Silent condition’ various indicators need to its remarkable qualities.” — Science Daily farmers in Sri Lanka. He pointed to because nephrologists across the nine years. Third, data While hypertension and diabetes 20,828 patients and 5,000 deaths per world have only assumptions to go by. remains incomplete in be standardised across are known to be common causes for year, terming it a “national disaster”. “There is a lot of hypothesis that agro- many surveys and tools, surveys, even if conducted kidney ailments, CKDu falls outside Mr. Sirisena, who served as Health chemicals and contaminated water especially in by diferent organisations. that ambit. “In every renal data base in Minister in former President Mahinda could be likely causes. While we do administrative data at Second, the best way to DEMYSTIFYING SCIENCE hospitals and nursing data is to ensure routine the world there is a percentage of Rajpaksa’s cabinet, is from Polon- not have evidence to prove this, the capturing of disaggregated CKDu which causes long-term pro- naruwa in the North Central Province, public health system is trying to inter- centres in smaller towns What is 3D Graphene? and districts. Fourth, data, without duplication gressive damage to the kidneys,” he where agriculture is one of the key vene through some preventive meas- of forms and formats to told The Hindu at Sri Lanka’s Sri Jaye- drivers of the economy. Given CKDu’s ures,” he said. Local government oi- which is a problem across Graphene is one of the strongest materials the board, is data quality. reduce the eforts of data known to man, but so far it hasn't lent itself to wardenepura General Hospital. How- prevalence in his constituency, and his cials involved in the campaign now The issue brief mentions producers. Third, practical use because it is extremely thin. ever, he clarifies that not all undia- own familiarity with public health, he focus on providing good quality drink- that the lack of an stakeholders and decision- However, researchers from the Massachusetts gnosed cases are CKDu, a specific set up a presidential task force to ad- ing water, raising awareness about the independent quality makers will have to place a Institute of Technology (MIT) said they had term used to connote conditions dress the problem. risk of dehydration and ensuring su- control body limits the positive value on data in designed a 3D version of the material by where causal factors remain un- Additionally, he prompted pervised use of agrochemicals and quality of available data, order to use it in decision- compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a known. Describing it a largely “silent Colombo-based entrepreneur and fertilisers. especially given that the making. This can be two-dimensional form of carbon. One of the condition”, he says symptoms are sel- proprietor of the sea-side Galle Face Given all the challenges, Sri Lanka information passes generated by building a variants of the lightweight material is only 5 per dom manifested till the final stages. “It Hotel Sanjeev Gardner to set up a fund has come a long way in responding to through various layers positive experience using cent as dense as steel, but 10 times stronger. is like this — when you drive a car, you to support initiatives aimed at curbing CKDu, doctors say. before reaching the stage information to support a The scientists, reporting their work in the won’t feel the petrol running out until CKDu. The ISN-Gardiner Fund (ISN- The Health Ministry has begun of evaluation and decision and through journal, Science Advances, also said that the vehicle stops, unless you check GF) launched on the occasion would sensitising its oicials in every district analysis. proper training. Fourth, creation of the new porous, 3D form had less to periodically.” aim to fight CKDu not just in Sri Lanka to the condition. “We are also training In order to ensure that the capacity building of staf needs to be a focus do with the material itself and more to do with CKDu was in the news some years but in the region and at the global our public health workers at the grass- we get credible and ago when farmers working in Central level. Experts from the region, includ- roots level. Our public health infra- reliable data, systemic area, providing them with the unusual geometric configuration employed. necessary skills. This could lead to more lighter, stronger America’s sugar cane farms suc- ing senior Indian nephrologist Georgi structure is gearing up in a big way,” concerns must be taken materials with similar geometric features. cumbed to a “mysterious” kidney dis- Abraham, have been roped in to play a Dr. Ranasinghe says. into consideration. [email protected] ease. In both Central America and Sri key role in the initiative. [email protected]

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ESSAY SHELF HELP Beauty amidst pain, hope amidst despair G Identifying with Nadeem Aslam explores the relationship between architecture and human nature in a tragic, brutalised landscape the Indus

UMA MAHADEVAN DASGUPTA pages of a cherished book with KALLOL BHATTACHERJEE a knife, others spend hours At the beginning of Nadeem and days to stitch the book The issue of water-sharing between Aslam’s new novel, someone back into a whole, page by la- India and Pakistan is an important reveals the secrets of the borious page, with golden aspect in the ties between the two town’s residents before dawn thread, in an act of resistance countries. Yet, until a few months on the loudspeakers. No one and devotion. ago, when it was reported that knows who it is, but the secret Pakistan decided to approach the vices and corruption of the cit- Metaphor is resistance Permanent Court of Arbitration to izens are announced one by If the novel lacks nuance in protest against two hydropower one, day after day. It is a pecu- its political vision — for all projects being built by India in Jammu and Kashmir, the waters of liar and shameful intrusion. systems are not equally the common rivers that flow from “The city of Zamana was ex- flawed, cynical and oppressive India to the Arabian Sea via periencing a strange new — the achingly lovely prose Pakistan were mostly neglected. It dread.” makes up for it. Metaphor is is not unusual to overlook the Aslam’s fiction is about the the gold thread that holds the influence of the waters on the human impulse to create — novel together. Metaphor, in formation and identity of Pakistan and how it repeatedly comes Aslam’s prose, is resistance: it as since its inception, the country up against the equally human fights against the literal, re- has been shaped mostly by its tendency to restrict, maim, ductive, single meaning that emphasis on religious and national and destroy. traps individuals into categor- identities and military alliances. The Golden Legend, his ies and labels. For the charac- Nearly two decades ago, Aitzaz fifth novel, is set in the fic- ters, resistance lies in crossing Ahsan broke the silence on the tional town of Zamana in artificial boundaries and find- importance of the rivers to the Pakistan, a setting to which he ing new ways to get into for- nation’s identity, attempting to returns after his 1993 debut, bidden territory. One charac- establish the separateness of the Season of the Rainbirds. This ter changes her name and Indus from India. new novel explores the rela- identity; another crosses a for- Of all the waterbodies, the Indus tionship between architecture bidden boundary to meet the river remains unique to both Pakistan and and human nature in a tragic, woman he loves. A rickshaw India. Ahsan, a brutalised landscape. driver criss-crosses the lanes prominent of the town, becoming a meta- lawyer and Describing architecture phor for the fragile and peril- political Johann Wolfgang von ous journey of the individual activist of Goethe once described archi- through a desolate landscape. Pakistan, tecture as “frozen music”; The Grand Trunk Road itself brings out the Constantin Brancusi de- is present in the novel both lit- symbolic and scribed it as “inhabited sculp- erally and as a symbol of political ture”. Regarding architecture something that brings human significance of as inhabited stories, Aslam’s beings together — “one of the the river novel asks, whose stories are planet’s great sinews”. through The these? What drives human be- ILLUSTRATION: SATWIK GADE Places, too, are no one thing, Indus Saga ings to create beautiful build- but subject to change. The Ha- and the ings? In turn, how are people’s and the Hagia Sophia in Istan- theme. In this once glorious tends to a museum of glass gia Sophia had earlier been a Making of Pakistan. The book, lives shaped by the spaces in bul. These are placed in the two hundred-year-old almond flowers, and says he can’t leave cathedral; the novel mentions which was written at the height of which they live? Can beautiful centre of the room, function- orchard, mutineers once hid the country until he has done the legend that, when the in- the democratic debate in the 1990s, spaces heal the divides of ing as shelters to work in dur- among the trees to plan the all he personally can to make vaders entered, “the priests tries to provide a narrative of Pakistan diferent from the ultra- painful history? ing the winter months, and 1857 rebellion; after the failure things better. It is the kind of had taken the sacred vessels Islamic history of the country. The The novel opens in a vast winched up by a system of pul- of that uprising, they were museum and he is the kind of and disappeared into the writer mostly relies on cultural room in what was once a paper leys and levers for the rest of hanged by the British from the character that one might only building’s eastern wall, phenomena, delving, for instance, factory and is now the home of the year when they are not re- branches of those very trees. encounter in a Nadeem Aslam through which it was said they into the history of Mohenjo-daro an architect couple. The room quired. When the novel opens, And now, unable to escape the novel. would return one day to com- and Harappa, to spin the tale of is filled with books as well as it is spring, and the architec- onslaught of urban demand, The novel is also about for- plete the divine service.” modern Pakistan. other beautiful and fascinat- tural models are being the orchard has been reduced giveness. A widow is asked — Every human space, includ- However, he takes liberty with ing things, such as a metal hel- winched up as a seven-year- to a single surviving almond ordered, actually — to forgive ing the human heart, is a pal- history, laying little emphasis on met for a stallion from the old girl looks on, wide-eyed. tree inhabited by the ghost of a her husband’s killer. Almost impsest, suggests the novel. In some historic developments such as Crusades, and a vase of dried As she gazes up, she imagines hanged mutineer, who now immediately, another charac- the ultimate act of transgres- the ancient and modern thought branches from apple trees moths fluttering inside the wanders about the orchard ter asks her not to forgive the sion, a character crosses the that flourished in the land. Ahsan planted by Count Tolstoy with minarets “like trapped asking people to untie the killer. But what does it actually boundary between life and tries to build through a historical his own hands. To think of prayers”. noose from his neck. mean to forgive someone, asks death. Indeed, the narrative is narrative the story of the modern apple trees planted by Tolstoy “Architecture is the reach- “They were beautiful — the novel. Who actually has bookended by two ghostly fig- Pakistani who will be equipped to and still living! These are ing out for the truth,” re- with their families of domes, the right to forgive a wrong? ures — the hanged mutineer counter both religious fanaticism among the moments of shin- marked Louis Kahn. Thus, semi-domes, and minarets.” What does it mean to be and a new ghost. and militarism. In that quest, the ing beauty that make a Aslam’s narrative suggests to represent the spokes of the Aslam constructs his narrative merciful? As always, in Aslam’s re- Pakistani turns out to be a modern Nadeem Aslam novel what it that there is a kind of violence Union Jack. It is similarly an like a family of stories and In a landscape filled with demptive vision, there is hope citizen of a riverine civilisation. Despite being a courageous is. even in the imposition of an act of hostility to close up the semi-stories, the diferent plot pain and violence, there is res- in human love and friendship. attempt at an alternative narration, Inside this library of strange alien geography upon a place: spaces in which people can in- threads like passages running istance in the act of restoring, Right from the epigraph from the book falls short on a few counts, things are two smaller ‘build- for example, when under colo- teract naturally, such as in the through the building that preserving and repairing dam- Pushkin, which describes the mainly the author’s desire to fit ings’: architectural models of nial rule, in the market area of neighbourhood of Badami bring characters face-to-face aged objects. A character re- multi-coloured flowers grow- history into his discourse without two celebrated monuments, the town, the British rulers Bagh where the minority com- with each other and with their flects on the Japanese art of ing on the graves of plague vic- fully grasping it. Yet it remains the Great Mosque in Cordoba had laid out the eight bazaars munity lives, and where most past. In Zamana, on the morn- kintsugi, of repairing broken tims, to the final pages of the relevant, for it looks within and not lanes leading to their resid- ing when the novel opens, a objects with gold, thus reveal- novel where a ghost wanders, outside to understand the land that In a landscape filled with pain and violence, there ences have been blocked. human chain gathers, a mile ing the care with which the ob- gazing upon its loved ones, is nursed by the Indus but is not at Indeed, Badami Bagh itself long, to transfer sacred books ject has been put together there is hope in the very heart peace with the history of the river. is resistance in the act of restoring, preserving is a great symbol of the beauty from an ancient library to a again, making it more beauti- of despair. [email protected] and repairing damaged objects. in the midst of devastation new location. Elsewhere, a ful than before. If one charac- Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta is in the that is Aslam’s constant gentle, caring, elderly man ter perfunctorily rips up the IAS, currently based in Bengaluru.

THE BOOK TRIBUTE INMYHAND The man who bore witness Amandeep Sandhu Throughout his life, John Berger sided with difficult arguments and unpopular opinions I am reading Mr Iyer Goes to War by Ryan Lobo. I am SUCHITRA VIJAYAN Berger’s own refusal to toe the stead, he inherently under- what is important, not just in- also reading Sudhir Kakar’s oicial line. To humanise an stood that the business of bear- teresting.” Shamans, Mystics and I picked up a copy of John Ber- individual who is both flawed ing witness was connected to Doctors and Elias Canetti’s ger’s A Painter of Our Time and ethical, who struggles the same structures of power Importance of clarity Crowds and Power. As I for a euro in Leuven’s old with history and ideology, is a that produced this catastrophe There is, of course, a tend- am drafting my non-fiction book on Punjab, the baroque square, an hour be- dangerous figure in times that in the first place. To witness, to ency to sanitise and strip a reading is really erratic and fore I was about to get on a bus demand great conformity. The see, to look, and even seek all man like Berger of his politics based on my need to from the Belgian town to Paris. political crisis in post-war constituted for Berger a depar- and predilections. Through- understand the issue I am I had never read Berger before, Europe, the predicament of ture from other acts that airm out his life, he had sided with writing about. I typically and the faded but well-pre- Berger’s Lavin, and the failure man as a political being. This diicult arguments and un- flip through many books on the served Penguin paperback of the political all returned to act of being political is funda- popular opinions. His writings same day, all related to Punjab. with a sketch of a man with a the fundamental question: mental — it not only makes us on Palestine are clear about I need a break, so next I plan to hammer was the only book I what happens when words and human, it also makes it pos- the nature of the occupation. read a big thick novel called The could aford. The year was images are put in service of the sible that we can love in the He writes: “There’s scarcely a Man Without Qualities by Robert 2002 and Jean-Marie Le Pen, state? What happens to resist- way we seem both appropriate Palestinian family that has not Musil. the far-right candidate, had ance when we cede so much of been forced during the last half Amandeep Sandhu is the author won the first round of the our freedoms so willingly? Berger was century to flee from some- of ‘Sepia Leaves’ and ‘Roll of French presidential election to And above all, what happens to many things to where, just as there’s scarcely a Honour’ and is a panellist at The the horror of many. Spontan- love in the face of onslaught? town in which buildings are Hindu Lit for Life 2017. eous protests erupted For a person on the cusp of many people. For me, not regularly bulldozed by the throughout France, and over a adulthood, 9/11, the invasions Berger was an astute occupying army.” Similarly, million people took to the of Afghanistan and the events chronicler of his when Berger won the Booker Kannan Sundaram streets in fierce opposition to that followed made little in 1972, he donated half of his Le Pen’s victory. The French sense. What the far right and world and a militant prize money to the Black Pan- students in Leuven decided fascist politics would unleash thers in Britain and retained I am now reading A Thirsty humanist Fish, the Tamil translation that they had to return home to in the years to come remained the rest to support his work on of 13th century Persian protest. When my friend urged unfathomable events to recon- the study of migrant workers poet Rumi, who was also a me to pack light and come cile with in the future. While and inappropriate, legitimate that became the book A Sev- jurist, Islamic scholar, along, I said yes. I read Berger the invasion of Iraq would hap- and illegitimate. Berger’s A enth Man. Berger linked the theologian, and Sufi mystic. on the bus to and back, at night pen a summer after I first read Seventh Man, a powerful med- Booker’s wealth to the exploit- The translation has been as I slept in a crowded room John Berger. PHOTO: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Berger, his writings alongside itation on the nature of immig- ation of the Caribbean slave done by N. Sathyamoorthy. with friends in a borrowed Edward Said, Eqbal Ahmad, ration to Europe, is an ex- trade. The extreme poverty in Both the content and sleeping bag, and in between cumstances of my present and lished in 1958 at the height of Stuart Hall and Karl Polanyi ample. It is a story of forced the region was a “direct con- production of the book protests. I watched the French its history.” the Cold War, it was viciously amongst others became the departures and returns to sequence of firms like Booker.” match international take to their streets, laugh, ar- maligned. British philosopher embodiment of political pos- transformed homes, with im- For Berger this was a “neces- standards. gue, fight and disagree about Toeing the oicial line Richard Wollheim denounced sibilities even in times of great ages, poetry, theory and es- sary part of his political Next, I am planning to read A what Le Pen’s win meant to the Berger’s luminous intelli- the book, and English poet tyranny. says. A Seventh Man was not a struggle.” In his words, “the Place of No Importance, a future of their republic. For an gence and the texture of his Stephen Spender wrote a catalogue of pain and sufering sharing of the prize signifies collection of short stories by 18-year-old, it was a heady protagonist, Hungarian scathing review for the Ob- What makes us human of the millions who migrated that our aims are the same. Veena Muthuraman. The writer time. Over the next week, I painter János Lavin, in exile in server. A month after its pub- John Berger was many to Europe. Instead, it was a And by that recognition, a belongs to a Tamil family settled marked the book, reread it and London left a mark. The main lication, it was quickly with- things to many people. For me, project critical of the dehu- great deal is clarified. And in in Kerala and I am very keen to filled it with endless mar- body of the text consists of the drawn by its publishers after Berger was an astute chron- manising and oppressive core the end — as well as in the be- read her observations. I was told ginalia. One of the last notes I discovery of a journal written mounting pressure from The icler of his world and a militant of neo-liberal capitalism, ginning — clarity is more im- she is one of the promising English writers from the country scribbled on the back of the by Lavin. The journal records Congress for Cultural Free- humanist. He was a political which Berger called “eco- portant than money.” Berger is at the moment. book reads: “Then I shall live the mounting crisis in Hun- dom, an anti-communist ad- being who saw the act of bear- nomic fascism”. He wrote his right; clarity is always more as my biographer, in both sig- gary between 1952 and 1956, vocacy group. The establish- ing witness not as a white truth and wrote what was im- important. Kannan Sundaram is publisher of Kalachuvadu and is a nificance and insignificance, and Lavin’s personal torment. ment’s visceral reaction man’s trope, often employed to portant. Susan Sontag perhaps Suchitra Vijayan is a barrister, polit- panellist at The Hindu Lit for Life 2017. but always interpreting the cir- When the book was first pub- perhaps came as a response to neutralise the political. In- said it best: “He writes about ical theorist and writer.

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FROM PAGE ONE From tippler to Convenient transfer in an inconvenient case? terrorist A member of the I-T Settlement Commission was abruptly moved out just days before the Sahara hearing

On Twitter, he came JOSY JOSEPH transferred out.” Sandhu was Justice Najmi Waziri of the three days, after which he The original jurisdiction across the Facebook profile Moideen boarded VIKAS VASUDEVA The New Delhi-based transferred out to Delhi High Court, in an order took medical leave. over the Sahara group, with of a Moroccan, Abu flight for Jeddah on principal Bench of the ITSC on October 27, stayed the The Central government its headquarters at Lucknow, Naseeha Al Magribi, and a NEW DELHI: Just days before the on November 10 issued an Chennai, though the transfer of Mr. Sandhu, say- then moved a Letter Patents rested with the Additional Swede, whom he contacted April 7 from Chennai Sahara group’s application order granting the Sahara ITSC appointment ing: “The court is prima facie Appeal before a two-mem- Bench II of the ITSC. When on the site and started chat- airport, from where came up before the Income group immunity from pro- was ‘non-transferable’ of the view that the peti- ber Bench of Delhi High the group filed its settlement ting on Telgram and Kik, he left for Istanbul Tax Settlement Commission secution and penalty. tioner having specified his Court, led by the Chief petition before this Bench in both Web-based applica- (ITSC), which granted im- The ITSC agreed with candidature only for the va- Justice. August, it was rejected. tions. The Swede suggested American drones con- munity to the business group Sahara’s claim that the In- national capital. He was ap- cancies at the principal Additional Solicitor-Gen- that Moideen reach Turkey stantly hovered above. after a quick hearing, one of come Tax Department failed pointed to the principal Bench, New Delhi and for eral Tushar Mehta appeared Fresh plea to do hijra. He found a After 21 days, Moideen the Commission’s members to prove the authenticity of bench headed by the ITSC the Additional Bench, Mum- for the Central government; Later, Sahara put up an ap- travel agency that would was attached to an existing was abruptly transferred out. the loose sheets of paper re- chairman. bai and his having joined at Mr. Sandhu was not repres- plication before the chair- arrange a ticket, got a no- military group — Ummar According to filings before covered during a raid on its the Principal Bench, New ented during the hearing, man, ITSC, seeking transfer objection certificate from Ibnu Khattab Khatiban, led the Delhi High Court, even premises, showing massive Sudden order Delhi, he cannot now be and a stay was granted on the of the case to the principal his father who consented by a French national who as the Sahara group’s applic- payments to several politi- However, on July 19, he was transferred to the Additional Single-Bench stay given to Bench, where Mr. Sandhu when Moideen told him he claimed he knew the Paris ation was being heard by the cians — including Prime transferred out to Chennai, Bench, Chennai; the appoint- Mr. Sandhu. was one of the three mem- was going for Umrah. attackers. ITSC, a parallel legal fight Minister Narendra Modi though the Settlement Com- ment is against a particular The case is now being bers. A few days after Mr. He got his visa in March Moideen was then broke out over the sudden when he was the Gujarat mission appointment was vacancy and the appointee is heard by a single member Sandhu was transferred, the and took a Saudi Airlines moved to another location, transfer of the member. Chief Minister. location-specific and non- not transferable to another Bench of the High Court. On principal Bench began hear- flight on April 7 from the paid a ‘salary’ of $100, given Baldip Singh Sandhu, an transferable. vacancy that may have November 30, the Bench ing the case. Chennai airport for Jeddah a phone and allowed to go Indian Revenue Service Sandhu’s contention According to sources in arisen, without the consent gave the Central government In August, the case was ad- and from there boarded an- to a market which had a (IRS) oicer of the 1981 Mr. Sandhu, who retired the ITSC, Mr. Sandhu was re- of the appointee.” two weeks’ time to respond mitted, and in Stage II, the other flight for Istanbul in “Wi-Fi” zone. It was here batch, who was moved out, on November 30, 2015 as the lieved the very same day, and According to sources, to Mr. Sandhu’s appeal department filed its reply Turkey. All he took with that Moideen started chat- told The Hindu: “My case is Chief Commissioner (In- an under-secretary from the when he returned to the against the stay on the ori- and the ITSC decided to go him was a small backpack ting with a Swedish wo- before the Delhi High Court. come Tax), Kolkata, was ap- Finance Ministry came to the Commission, Mr. Sandhu ginal stay. So far, the Centre ahead with the case. By which contained kurta-py- man, who told him of an In- The court will find out why I pointed in March 2016 as a Commission to serve him the was made to sit in the visiting has not filed a reply, court November 10, the final order jamas and the Koran. dian who was helping was illegally and abruptly member of the ITSC in the order. room of the Commission for sources said. was issued. He checked into a hotel people to come to the IS at Afcilar. His local handler stronghold. He also got to Imitiyaz asked him to send know of a person from Ker- a selfie with the words “La ala who came to Syria be- Suspended Ila La Illalha” written on it. fore December 2014. Congress convention to India, Portugal sign He said he would arrange Moideen contacted him Trinamool MP taskiya (reference) for and was asked to come to Moindeen to join the IS. Raqqah where many Indi- turns down defence agreement That night Moideen called ans who had joined IS were. unveil protest strategy his wife and told her he was In the second week of Centre’s ofer going to Mecca. She asked June, Moideen received his SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT him for a photograph of the war call-up and a kit — two STAFF REPORTER Efforts to mobilise Mecca Masjid which he uniforms, a cap, a towel, NEW DELHI: Congress vice- party rank and file downloaded from the In- two pairs of underwear and KOLKATA: Suspended Trin- president Rahul Gandhi will on the impact of ternet and sent to her. a belt bag. Videos were amool Congress MP Kunal announce a programme of The next day Moideen taken of Moideen. Then he Ghosh turned down the action against the Modi gov- demonetisation, was asked to go to Urfa. On was ferried to Baiji by Centre’s ofer of the position ernment’s “anti-people especially on the poor April 14, he got a call from truck. All the recruits per- of chairman of the Tele- policies” at the end of a day- someone in Raqqa, Syria, formed the namaz standing phone Advisory Committee long national convention the convention, Dr. Joshi who asked him to come to and since Moideen had for Kolkata on Saturday. here at the Talkatora Sta- said. In its lead-up, protests the Meccom Ibrahim hurt his knee during train- Speaking to presspersons at dium on January 11. on the impact of demonetisa- Masjid. He was taken to a ing, he couldn’t stand. The his city residence, Mr. Ghosh Congress president Sonia tion were held in front of dilapidated house from in-charge returned him to a said, “I am thankful to the Gandhi, who has been miss- government oices in all dis- there where he found wo- hospital and after a month DoT for ofering me the post. ing from a series of key party trict headquarters on Friday men and children besides was shifted to another But due to my preoccupation occasions recently, will be and Saturday. men of Pakistani origin house in Mosul. with the ongoing cases present at what has been Rahul Gandhi On January 9, the party’s from the United Kingdom. against me, I will not be able named as Janvedna Sam- Mahila Morcha will organise Two days later, the group More Indian recruits to accept the post.” melan, party general secret- two-and-a-half years in of- protests at district headquar- left in a van to cross the bor- It was here Moideen met Mr. Ghosh was arrested by ary C.P. Joshi announced on fice. Nearly 6,000 party rep- ters to focus on the impact on der. A young boy guided an Indian-origin couple. the State police in November Saturday. resentatives — members of women. them and after walking for The man, around 35, was 2013 and was granted interim This is part of the Con- the Congress Working Com- At the convention, mem- three kilometres, they from Mumbai. He and his bail in October 2016. He said gress’s continuing eforts to mittee, State chiefs, Con- bers from across the country found a boundary demarc- wife had been working in a the post was “highly tech- mobilise its rank and file on gress Legislature Party lead- will talk about the impact of ated by barbed wires. They West Asian country before nical and significant” and the impact of demonetisa- ers, heads of frontal demonetisation in their cut open the barbed wire they had come to Mosul. currently he would not be tion, especially on the vul- organisations, AICC mem- areas and make suggestions IT’S CR7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a and crossed over into Syria. The man wore eye glasses, able to devote “enough time” nerable sections of society bers, MPs, MLAs, all those on how the second and third Ronaldo jersey by his Portugal counterpart, Antonio Costa, in After running for a kilo- was fair complexioned, to it. He emphasised that and devise a plan on how to who contested the polls in phases of mobilisation New Delhi on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI metre they saw a man in bald and lean. there was “no politics” be- challenge the Modi govern- 2014, media panellists and against the Modi govern- military uniform who In the third week of July, hind the Centre’s ofer. ment that has completed spokespersons — will attend ment can be taken forward. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Modi invites shook hands, called for a Moideen and others got a vehicle on his wireless set, call for an “emergency war” NEW DELHI: In a bid to boost Portuguese firms to which arrived in five and were again taken to joint production and devel- set up joint ventures minutes. They were taken Baiji. Moideen was in the opment of niche weapons and commercial to a single-storey house in last group, tasked to secure Mufti’s son Tassaduq joins PDP systems, India and Portugal Tell Abiad where 10 to 15 the captured area. They on Saturday entered into a partnerships people were present, of were fighting the Iraqi PEERZADA ASHIQ the rising levels of pollution, defence agreement — one of which five or six were IS of- Army, the Irani Shia groups, ever-decreasing green cover the seven sealed during the issued a separate declaration ficials. They asked for their Kurdish groups and Jabat SRINAGAR: The first death an- and other issues in an ecolo- Delhi visit of Prime Minister for cooperation in third references and confiscated Al Nusra. A week later, niversary of People’s Demo- gically fragile state. I want of Portugal Antonio Costa. country. “Such projects their passports. Moideen heard a loud noise cratic Party (PDP) founder the common man and the The agreement came fol- should contribute to the After five days, they were and rushed out of the safe Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on VIPs to stand together,” said lowing Portugal’s support to local economy, regional con- shifted to Mosul where house to see the charred Saturday saw the formal in- Mr. Hussain, who worked as India’s multilateral plans in nectivity and integration, in Moideen shared a room bodies of two men from his duction of his son Tassaduq cinematographer in Bolly- various technology regimes order to benefit third coun- with five people, including group. That did it. Moideen Hussain into the party, while wood movies ‘Kameenay’ including Missile Techno- tries, by taking into account a Pakistani. The group was ran to escape the war zone, party president and Jammu and ‘Omkara’. logy Control Regime their priorities in terms of not allowed outside and forced his way into a bus and Kashmir Chief Minister His entry into the party in- (MTCR) where India se- development and the needs they attended religious headed to a hospital in Mo- Mehbooba Mufti pitched for creased the chances of him cured membership in 2016. of their people,” the declara- classes in the evenings on sul. The hospital staf political dialogue. being fielded as a candidate Following the meeting at the tion for bilateral cooperation how to establish Khilafath. tipped of Moideen’s super- “We have to bring J&K out for the upcoming by-polls for Hyderabad House, both the in third countries stated. Later, three persons iors and he was sent back to of the situational uncertainty the Parliamentary seats of delegations issued a joint came to take baith (oath) the house he had been kept and make it a bridge of faith DAUGHTER’S TRIBUTE: J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pays Anantnag and Srinagar. statement highlighting con- ‘My father’s country’ from all of them to pledge earlier. and friendship between In- tributes to former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on his first Deputy chief minster Dr. vergence of interests. Earlier, on arriving in In- allegiance to Baghdadi,the Then he was produced dia and Pakistan,” said Ms. death anniversary in Anantnag on Saturday. — PHOTO: NISSAR AHMAD Nirmal Singh described late “Underscoring the sub- dia, Mr. Costa announced IS leader. before a judge and jailed. Mufti at a well-attended Mufti’s “role as historic in stantial opportunities in In- that his family shared per- He told the judge that he function in Srinagar. Janata Party (BJP) last year Agenda of Alliance,” she the socio-political arena of dia’s defence sector and the sonal ties with India. “It is a Mosul camp had developed fear of war Ms. Mufti, who paid floral that she underlined the ur- said. In an oblique reference the state and the country”. niche technological compet- great honour for me to be They were then shifted and wanted to go back to tributes at the late Mufti’s gency for a political dia- to separatists, she said, “It’s “People should carry for- encies of the Portuguese de- back in India, my father’s to a training camp with India. graveyard at Bijbehara logue. “Unless situational very unfortunate our kids, ward the legacy of the vision- fence industry, Prime Minis- country, as the Prime Minis- high walls in Mosul. Each A week later, he was shif- earlier, stressed that “polit- uncertainty is not addressed, who should have been in ary leader and implement his ter Modi invited Portuguese ter of Portugal,” he said on was given an AK-47, Bushka ted to the Al Raqqa jail. The ical process and develop- development is not possible schools and sports fields, are vision for peace, dignity, de- companies to ‘Make in India’ Twitter. Reciprocating his medium mortar guns and next day we were taken to ment have to be carried out here,” she said. being used for political velopment and prosperity of and set up joint ventures and comments, Mr. Modi said, grenades for training. an oice, where he found simultaneously.” “One can- gains.” the state,” he said. commercial partnerships “You are neither a stranger to The trainer was from 30-40 persons who inten- not wait for the other. Power Opening LoC routes On the occasion, Mufti Meanwhile, National Con- based on joint production India, nor is India unfamiliar Iraq. But they were not al- ded to go back and escape has never been and would Ms. Mufti said she will Muhammad Sayeed’s son ference (NC) working pres- and technology transfer,” the to you.” lowed to practise firing as the war. never be the sole objective of pursue her father’s vision of Tassaduq Hussain, a cinema- ident and former chief min- joint statement stated. Mr. Modi presented the my struggle,” she added. “opening many routes across tographer by profession, an- ister Omar Abdullah said, Apart from the agree- guest with a copy of a novel This was for the first time the Line of Control.” nounced his decision to join “His (Mufti) untimely death ments on defence, visa-free by the late Goan novelist Or- ever since Ms. Mufti shook “We are working for the the party formally. last year left a void in the travel for diplomats and mar- lando Costa, father of the vis- ICHR drags its feet on hands with the Bharatiya implementation of the “It often pains me to see politics of the state.” ine research, both sides also iting Prime Minister. volumes on martyrs Bengal to get Biswa Another member of the ad- and Ministry of Culture Anger raging in Kashmir, says Sinha panel visory committee, who also will have an MoU for joint did not wish to be named publication, which will be PEERZADA ASHIQ Report pointed out “sponsored” by anyone nor Bangla University said: “Volume-4 was com- signed very soon. After are their youngsters being plete more than one year that, these will be sent to SRINAGAR: A team from New that anger in rural paid to come out in the STAFF REPORTER jee. Referring to the intellec- ago. It has details about the publisher,” explains of- Delhi, headed by former areas was “palpably streets. tual heritage of Bengal, Ms- martyrs from Bihar, Bengal, ficiating member-secretary Union Minister and senior The policies of India to KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief .Banerjee said that it has all Odisha, Assam and S.K. Aruni. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, greater than in deal with sporadic bursts of Minister Mamata Banerejee the potential to “lead the Jharkhand. Page proofs Volumes-1 and 2 dealt has warned of growing anger Srinagar and raw” protests and anger in Kash- on Saturday announced the world in teaching.” were also seen. with northern and central in rural Kashmir and vanish- mir are described as “time- setting up Biswa Bangla Uni- Emphasising on the need to All that remained was the Indian states and Vol-3 with ing faith in the institution of “unrest”, they say, is the buying techniques”, which versitya along the lines of boost educational infrastruc- signing of a contract Maharashtra, Gujarat and dialogue among the people wrong term to use because have only worsened the situ- Visva-Bharati University, ture in the State, Ms. Banerjee between the ICHR, the Sind. of the State. Kashmir has never been at ation. It also underlined that founded by Rabindranath asked: “Why should students ministry and the publisher The volumes cover only The second report of the Yashwant Sinha rest since 1947; “peace and the statements of RSS chief Tagore, in Birbhum district. of Bengal run to Chicago and and the release. Vol-5, the freedom struggle, with Concerned Citizens Group normalcy” are the most ab- Mohan Bhagwat and Prime Addressing the gathering Harvard? We should create which comprises Tamil a proposal that the martyrs led by Mr. Sinha, compiled “Kashmiris see the visits used words in the State as no Minister Narendra Modi’s si- at a conference here , she said Chicago and Harvard-like Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, of places like Hyderabad or after its second visit to the of emissaries of Government one knows what they are lence on the killing of Mo- that land for the proposed universities here too.” She Kerala and Karnataka, is Goa, which were liberated Valley, said, “There is a crisis of India and civil society meant to signify; and while hammed Akhlaq on the issue University has already been also said that the State gov- also ready.” later, be kept for a separate of acknowledgement of the groups as farcical exercises the government talks of “an- of beef resonated during the identified in Bolpur in Birb- ernment has increased fund The ICHR on its part section. Earlier the think- Kashmir problem with the and part of a diversionary ger and alienation” of the conversations with the hum district. The Chief Min- allotment for education from says that the two volumes ing was that the martyrs Indian state. People feel In- tactic to handle disturbances Kashmiris, those are not the people. ister also announced an in- ₨111.74 crore to ₨471 crore in have been sent to the Min- from Hyderabad and Goa, dia refuses to recognise that in Kashmir,” it said. issues that need to be ad- The team, which held two crease in retirement age of four years despite the “huge istry of Culture so that they who laid down their lives Kashmir is a political prob- Because of the record of dressed — the problem is rounds of dialogue with vari- college and university fac- debt” incurred by the previ- are jointly published by the after 1947, should also be in- lem. Almost every Kashmiri the Indian State, there is political and cries out for a ous stakeholders including ulties from 60 to 62 years ous Left Front government. ICHR and that ministry cluded, but the Council de- we met said that there was a scepticism about even non- political solution. separatists comprises Waja- along with a slew of other be- “In the coming years, we after an MoU, approval for cided to make 1947 a cut-of need for a one-time political governmental initiatives, it India, many believe, is de- hat Habibullah, Air-Vice nefits. have to pay ₨70,000 crore to- which is going to come year. settlement.” said. liberately pretending to be Marshal Kapil Kak (retired), “We are starting a Biswa wards the debts left behind by soon. The 2014-15 annual re- The report pointed out According to the report, ignorant of the aspirations of journalist Bharat Bhushan Bangla University in Bolpur the previous government; “The Culture Ministry port of ICHR made it amply that anger in the rural areas people even objected to the the Kashmiri people. and Sushobha Barve, who is on the lines of Visva-Bharti; due to demonetisation our has approved both the clear that the work was al- was “palpably greater than in language used to describe Most Kashmiris say their the director of the Centre for the land has already been earnings have also reduced,” volumes. This time ICHR most complete. Srinagar and raw”. the situation in Kashmir — protests are neither Dialogue and Reconciliation. identified,” said Ms. Baner- she said. CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 NEWS 13 Modi hails nation for fighting graft Bihar to form human chain BJP executive passes economic policy resolution, terming demonetisation a ‘brave move’ for prohibition awareness

NISTULA HEBBAR stimulants to corruption and PM asks partymen to AMARNATH TEWARY The longest such, that is why our government’s NEW DELHI: Prime Minister move on demonetisation re- leave candidate PATNA: After earning all-round spanning a distance Narendra Modi on Saturday ceived such huge support. I selection to party’s accolades for successfully of 11,000 km, praised party workers and had appealed to the people parliamentary board organising the Prakash Parv described them as those who that some hardship would be to celebrate the 350th birth will be organised didn’t bend to the power of there but that it would help and other bodies anniversary of the 10th Sikh on January 21 the prevailing wind, but in fighting corruption, and guru, Guru Gobind Singh, turned it to their advantage. people responded whole “black money being depos- the Bihar government is “Drones and helicopters will Addressing the BJP Na- heartedly,” Mr. Modi re- ited in banks” and will lead to gearing up to organise the be pressed into service in the tional Executive here, ahead portedly said. higher revenues and “bigger world’s longest human chain districts to capture the im- of the Assembly polls, Mr. “The poor have the power and cleaner GDP”. on January 21 to create ages of the human chain. Modi asked partymen not to within themselves to defeat “In this scared movement awareness of the benefits of ISRO too has also been ap- seek the ticket for relatives poverty and our government across the country, the com- prohibition, implemented by proached by the government and leave candidate selec- will enable this power,” Mr. mon people were taking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar to capture satellite images,” tion to the party bodies. Modi added. upon themselves the tem- in Bihar. ISRO has been ap- he said. As per a rough estim- “Prime Minister Modi said porary sufering of standing proached by the State gov- cently-held Prakash Parv”. ate, around 2,000 people the poor and poverty were ‘Bigger, cleaner GDP’ in queues with full enthusi- ernment to capture satellite Earlier, it was decided that could hold each other’s hand not a means to win elections Earlier in the day, the na- asm and positive energy,” the images of the human chain. the human chain would in a one-kilometre radius. for the BJP. For us it is an op- tional executive passed an resolution stated. The human chain will cover 5,000 km but the gov- Chief Secretary Anjani portunity to serve. To serve economic policy resolution Union Minister for Com- span a distance of 11,000 km ernment revised the length Kumar Singh said, “The hu- the poor is to serve God,” BJP president Amit Shah on the second day of the party’s terming demonetisation as a merce, Nirmala Sitharaman, with over two crore people to 11,000 km. man chain will not be organ- Union Law Minister Ravi national executive meeting in Delhi on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI “brave move aimed at the said, “such a decision could joining their hands across “The timing has not been ised for the sake of any world Shankar Prasad said. welfare of the poor”. only have been taken by a the State. The ruling Janata finalised, but the human record but to raise awareness Mr. Prasad said Mr. Modi against corruption, black own strength in fighting so- The resolution was moved government with a strong Dal (United) leaders held a chain will be formed for a of prohibition, and also to had ‘saluted’ the spirit of In- money and fake currency. cial evils. by Finance Minister Arun political will, which the meeting on Saturday to chalk span within half-an-hour impress upon the neighbour- dian society in taking his “There is a tradition in our The untrammelled flow of Jaitley, who also said demon- Modi government has out the strategy “to make the sometime in the forenoon,” a ing States to implement the government’s campaign society that it realises its currency is one of the biggest etisation had resulted in displayed”. event as successful as the re- top oicial told The Hindu. same.” Bengal cleric Sakshi’s function issues fatwa India can emerge a superpower: Suriname against Modi SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT had no permit BENGALURU: Suriname vice- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT president Michael Ashwin OMAR RASHID Adhin has said that India BJP disowns KOLKATA: A Muslim cleric, con- should transfer nature- LUCKNOW: Senior Superintend- sidered close to the ruling friendly technology to Surin- ent of Police, Meerut Ravidra MP’s comments Trinamool Congress, on Sat- ame to enable it to compete Gaur, said here on Saturday urday issued a fatwa ofering in the global market. that the function in which NISTULA HEBBAR a reward of ₨25 lakh to any- “Transformation of India Sakshi Maharaj, MP, al- one who will “cut of Prime implies an influential India legedly made derogatory NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday Minister Narendra Modi’s at the global-level and there comments against the distanced itself from comments beard, shave his head and has to be a greater economic Muslim community had no by its MP from Unnao, Sakshi smear him with black ink”. and technological coopera- permission. Mahendra Das, Maharaj, who blamed the The fatwa was issued by tion. Any contribution by the organiser of the event, was population boom in India on the the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sul- Indian diaspora to India hence booked along with the Muslim community. tan Mosque, Maulana Nurur should be mutually benefi- MP. Minister for Minority Affairs Rehman Barkati. The state- cial,” Mr. Adhin said during “It was a religious func- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the ment issued by All India Ma- his keynote address at the in- tion, and they had no permis- BJP was for inclusive growth and jlish-e-Shura (Tipu Sultan auguration of the three-day sion to make political state- the country would be governed Mosque) and All India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here ments; so we have also as per law and the Constitution Minority Forum stated that on Saturday. named the organisers in the and not the baton. the common man’s sufering WORDS OF WISDOM: Michael Ashwin Adhin, Suriname vice-president, at the inauguration of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in FIR,” Mr. Gaur told The “I have not heard his was increasing by the day Balance of power Bengaluru on Saturday. — PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR Hindu. statement but the government due to demonetisation and Quoting from the The FIR was registered at and the BJP believe in most people of India wanted Bhagavad Gita and Upan- ganised as part of the Youth should emerge as super- Recalling the arrival of In- population and held key pos- the Sadar Bazaar police sta- development for all and the Mamata Banerjee as the PM. ishads, the 36-year-old vice- Pravasi Divas. power not only because it dians at Suriname as inden- itions in society. “They did tion after the police took cog- country runs on law and the Mr. Barkati said that most president recited verses in Urging to minimise mono- has the potential, but also be- tured labourers from Uttar not forget their roots. They nisance of the incident and Constitution. His [Sakshi people who kept a beard Sanskrit during his nearly 15- poly in businesses, he said cause it has spirituality and Pradesh and Bihar between brought along with them lodged it on the complaint of Maharaj] statement, I believe is were religious scholars, “but minute address on the “Role that new nations should be values that define a Vishwa 1873 and 1916, he said cur- knowledge of medicinal sub-inspector Ram Kumar. neither that of the party nor the Narendra Modi keeping a of diaspora youth in the encouraged to grow to bring Guru — world teacher,” he rently, Indians accounted for plants, plant seeds and mu- Sakshi Maharaj and the or- government,” Mr. Naqvi said. beard is an act of falsehood”. transformation of India” or- balance of power. “India said. 30 per cent of the country’s sical instruments,” he said. ganisers have been booked Speaking at a religious under various Sections of the function on Friday, the MP had Indian Penal Code — 295 A said, “We say four wives and 40 (deliberate and malicious children won’t do, won’t do, Son of Mumbai acts, intended to outrage reli- won’t do...it is not the time for gious feelings), 153 B (im- four wives and 40 children. don ‘Maasi’ found The man behind the iconic Mahatma stamp putations, assertions preju- Women are not machines. dicial to national Women should be respected, be dead at home SHARATH SRIVATSA Bharatiya Divas since its The artist’s sketch integration), 298 (uttering, they Hindu or Muslim,” the inception in 2003. words, etc., with deliberate four-time Lok Sabha MP said. GAUTAM S. MENGLE BENGALURU: It was nearly 50 Twenty of his portraits of was sent to UNESCO, intent to wound religious years ago that Suraj Sadan the Mahatma displayed at which released feelings), 186 (obstructing MUMBAI: The son of Jenabai finished the portrait of the venue drew inquisitive the stamp in 10 public servant in discharge Later in the day, Sakshi Darvesh, alias ‘Jena Maasi’, Mahatma Gandhi with visitors. Recalling the days of public functions), 505 Maharaj said he had not tar- an influential figure in the Kasturba that later won of 1968, Mr. Sadan said that languages (statements of public mis- geted any community but erstwhile Mumbai under- him international since he was passionate chief) and 171 F (punishment stuck to his argument on world, was found murdered accolades. To this day, his about creating portraits of in Delhi when the Mahatma for undue influence or im- population control. He at his Mohamed Ali Road sketches of the Mahatma Mahatma Gandhi, he visited it. “I was around personation at an election). “should get a reward” as he residence on Saturday even- continue to impress people. entered a contest that had nine years old when he was a bachelor. ing. For the 78-year-old Mr. been called to select the came to the camp and since Report to U.P. poll oicer “I had said the population According to the Pydhonie Sadan, who created the best portrait for the postal then I paint his portraits,” A Meerut district oicial of the country has climbed to police, Iqbal Darvesh (72), iconic portrait that went on stamp. PROUD OWNER: Suraj Sadan displays his works at the 14th he said, adding that he tries confirmed that a report of 132 crore, but the land is not was found by his grandson to become the 20 paise “My sketch was finally edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on Saturday. — PHOTO: K. to create awareness of the event had been sent to increasing. There is a need Salman (26), lying on the stamp released to selected and the same was MURALI KUMAR Gandhi’s principles. U.P. Chief Election Oicer T. for control. People need to floor bound and gagged, at commemorate the sent to the UNESCO, which He has also drawn Venkatesh. “The organisers come out of the jatigat his residence in Israeli Mo- centenary celebrations of released the stamp in 10 featured on the cover of His family, along with portraits of former Prime had no permission to organ- kichad (generic slush) and halla. Salman took him to JJ Mahatma Gandhi in 1969, languages,” said Mr. Sadan, UNESCO magazine. him, had been displaced Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru ise such an event,” the oicial start respecting women. Hospital where he was de- spreading awareness about a resident of Montreal, Mr. Sadan’s interest in from Quetta, now in and Indira Gandhi, and said. The model code of con- Mothers are not machines. clared dead. The police said the non-violence principles Canada, for over four portraits of Mahatma Pakistan, and were in the former Presidents Rajendra duct came into force in U.P. Triple talaq will not work while the cause of death is has been a mission. He has decades. Gandhi started as a young post-Independence refugee Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, earlier this week after the an- any more, nor will four wives unclear, the body had marks been part of all Pravasi His drawing was also boy. centre at Kingsway Camp and V.V. Giri. nouncement of the dates for and 40 children,” he told a of beatings. the Assembly elections. news agency. BJP, Congress gear up Meerut BJP NDA allies in Bihar seek leader booked for Dholpur battle for poll violation MOHAMMED IQBAL Dholpur happens to be Ms. seats to contest in U.P. Raje’s hometown as well. STAFF REPORTER JAIPUR: The ruling Bharatiya Ministers holding difer- AMARNATH TEWARY Leaders have been Hindustani Awam Morcha Janata Pary (BJP) and the ent portfolios are visiting the (Secular), however, said they MEERUT: A case has been re- Opposition Congress in Ra- district to review the pro- PATNA: The Bharatiya Janata wishing “for fair would contest not less than gistered against Meerut BJP jasthan are gearing up for a gress of welfare schemes, Party (BJP) might be hoping accommodation” 40 seats in U.P., where a size- unit’s vice-president, Vivek big battle in Dholpur, where and organising public hear- to uplift its electoral fortunes able number of Dalit and Ex- Rastogi, for violating the the Assembly by-election is ings to resolve people’s in the upcoming Assembly in the distribution tremely Backward Caste Model Code of Conduct for to be held after the seat fell grievances. polls in Uttar Pradesh, but its of seats (EBC) voters are present. allowing telecast of party vacant last month following Mr. Kushwah’s member- allied parties in Bihar want “We will wait till January programme Udaan without the disqualification of Bahu- ship of the State Assembly seats to contest the poll there senior State LJP leader told 15 for any seat sharing agree- getting prior permission jan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA was terminated after he was as well. The Hindu. ment with the BJP but after from the Election Commis- B.L. Kushwah upon his con- convicted and sentenced to Though no one has come The LJP could seriously that, we would take our own sion. This was one of the first viction in a murder case. life imprisonment on out in the open with the de- make a dent in Mayawati’s decision to field candidates,” few cases registered against Both the parties were ex- December 8, 2012 in a case of mand, party leaders have Dalit votebank in Uttar Pra- party chief and former Bihar political leaders on the direc- pecting the Election Com- honour killing. He was been expressing the wish for desh, which might change chief minister Jitan Ram tion of the EC since the MCC mission to announce the date charged with getting a man, their share of seats or “for the course of the election Manjhi said recently. came into force on January 4. for the by-election along whom he suspected to be in a fair accommodation” in the result this time, the LJP “We are investigating the with the declaration of a relationship with his sister, distribution of seats in Uttar leader further added. ‘Impractical demand’ matter. A case has been schedule for the Assembly murdered through a contract Pradesh. Similarly, the Rashtriya But senior Bihar BJP lead- lodged against Section 188, polls in five States earlier this killer. The Lok Janshakti Party Lok Samata Party’s (RLSP) ers appeared nonchalant 171 (J) for violation of the week. However, since the by- The BSP, which is finding (LJP), whose chief Ram Vilas leader and Union Minister of about the number of seats MCC against Vivek Rastogi,” election is to be held in six it diicult to retain the Paswan is Union Minister for State for Human Resource demanded by their allies. “All Akhilesh Kumar, station months, the Election Com- Dholpur seat, is considering Food and Public Distribu- Development (HRD) Upen- their demands for the num- house oicer of Jani police mission may take some time fielding Mr. Kushwah’s wife tion, said it was ready to con- dra Kushwaha had earlier ber of seats are impractical station told The Hindu. over the decision to fill up Shobha, or some other mem- test 150 seats in U.P. but they said that his party was ready and ridiculous…before mak- Mr. Rastogi had organised the vacant seat. ber of his family, as its can- could settle for 60 seats if an to contest the seats domin- ing the demand for such the programme in an area State Ministers have star- didate to cash in on the sym- electoral pact can be reached ated by the Koiri-Kushwaha numbers of seats, they falling under Jani police sta- ted doing rounds of the pathy for him visible among with the BJP. caste in U.P. should at least look at their tion in Siwal Khas Assembly Dholpur district following the voters. “There are about 100 such performance in the 2015 Bi- constituency on Friday in the instructions of Chief The stakes are high for the Talks on: LJP seats where we would like to har Assembly poll,” a senior which Union Textile Minis- Minister Vasundhara Raje, BJP as the by-election result “As of now, our party chief place our candidates, if no State BJP leader said. ter Smriti Irani interacted who herself spent a couple of will be interpreted as a re- Ram Vilas Paswan is in talks electoral pact was done with Out of the total 243 Bihar with women and girls across days in the constituency last flection of the mood prevail- with the BJP leadership for the BJP,” said a leader close Assembly seats, all three Na- 75 centres in 403 Assembly week and sanctioned ₨50 ing in the State following PM the number of seats, but oth- to Mr. Kushwaha. “But noth- tional Democratic Alliance constituencies of Uttar Pra- crore for the revamping of Narendra Modi’s decision on erwise, we are prepared to ing is final yet.” partners together won just desh through videoconfer- urban and rural roads. demonetisation. contest over 150 seats,” a The third alliance partner, five seats. encing. CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 14 | WORLD THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

Verma to quit as envoy to India before Jan. 20

NEW DELHI: U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma, a political appointee of the Obama administration and the first Indian-American to hold the post, is set to demit office before January 20 when Donald Trump takes over as President. Mr. Verma (48), who had played a key role in the congressional passage of the civil nuclear deal, will quit before Mr. Trump assumes charge. Mr. Trump’s team had said that envoys who are political appointees would not be given any “grace period” beyond the inauguration day. However, there is a possibility that Mr. Verma may stay on here in private capacity for a few more months so that his children can complete their courses in school in the current academic year. The unusual decision by the transition team not to give any grace period could mean that some of the top U.S. embassies around the world will be left without an Ambassador for months, as Mr. Trump appoints replacements. — PTI ‘Putin directed campaign to discredit Clinton, aid Trump’ Intelligence report, on which both Obama and Trump briefings received by Presid- media, and pro-Kremlin so- ties between the Russian ent Barack Obama, Mr. cial media actors, all of state media and WikiLeaks have received briefings, says Moscow influenced Trump and eight senior whom the Kremlin either dir- founder Julian Assange. elections, both through hacking and propaganda members of the U.S. Con- ectly uses to convey mes- WikiLeaks published most of gress included “full support- sages or who are answerable the hacked e-mails of the ing information, including to the Kremlin,” said the Democratic Party. The report VARGHESE K. GEORGE his opponent in the Novem- unsuccessful,” Mr. Trump specific intelligence and report. said Russia used “disclos- ber presidential election Hil- said in a statement after the sources and methods”, the The report said the Rus- ures” to influence the U.S. WASHINGTON: President-elect lary Clinton, but strongly re- meeting, while expressing document said. sian military intelligence election, but added that there Donald Trump’s relation- jected the possibility that he his trust in the intelligence The 14-page public report agency General Staf Main was no “forgery” involved. ship with America’s intelli- benefited from it. agencies. uses the phrases “we assess” Intelligence Directorate According to the intelli- gence agencies continues to “While Russia, China, Director of National Intel- and “we judge” while refer- (GRU) was behind the two gence agencies, “Moscow be fraught after a meeting other countries… are con- ligence James Clapper, CIA ring to its claims. These hackers who accessed and also saw the election of Pres- with their leaders who asser- sistently trying to break director John Brennan and words convey “an analytic leaked to public domain in- ident-elect Trump as a way to ted that Russian President through the cyber-infra- FBI director James Comey assessment or judgment”, ac- formation from the Demo- achieve an international Vladimir Putin personally structure of our... organisa- led the classified briefing for cording to the report. “Some cratic side. counterterrorism coalition oversaw a cyberattack with tions including the DNC, the President-elect on Fri- POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE: Supporters of Hillary Clinton in Javits analytic judgments are based However, covert cyberat- against the Islamic State.” the explicit purpose of help- there was absolutely no ef- day. Mr. Clapper’s oice also Center, New York, react to her loss as election results are directly on collected inform- tacks were only one part of The U.S. intelligence agen- ing his victory. fect on the outcome of the released a declassified ver- announced on November 8 last year. — PHOTO: NYT ation; others rest on previous the Russian operation, ac- cies “assess Moscow will ap- election including the fact sion of the findings. The re- judgments, which serve as cording to the report that ac- ply lessons learned from its Trump accepts finding that there was no tampering port says “Putin and the Rus- Trump’s election chances high confidence in this judg- building blocks in rigorous cuses Moscow of using social Putin-ordered campaign Mr. Trump accepted their whatsoever with voting ma- sian Government developed when possible by discredit- ment; NSA has moderate analysis,” it said. media and “trolls” to influ- aimed at the U.S. presidential conclusion that Russia was chines. There were attempts a clear preference for Presid- ing Secretary Clinton and confidence,” it said. “Some of our judgments ence the U.S. election. election to future influence behind the breach of com- to hack the Republican Na- ent-elect Trump.” publicly contrasting her un- While the public version about Kremlin preferences The report terms the al- eforts worldwide, including puter networks of the Demo- tional Committee, but the “We also assess Putin and favourably to him. All three of the report does not cite and intent are drawn from leged Russian eforts an “in- against U.S. allies and their cratic National Committee RNC had strong hacking de- the Russian Government as- agencies agree with this the evidence that led to these the behaviour of Kremlin- fluence campaign” and bases election processes,” said the (DNC) and the campaign of fences and the hackers were pired to help President-elect judgment. CIA and FBI have conclusions, the classified loyal political figures, state its assessments also on close report Pak. military courts to be 21 injured following protests U.S. shooter quizzed; motive unknown wound up FORT LAUDERDALE (FLORIDA): The against Chinese project Iraq war veteran accused of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was to killing five people at Fort wind up its special military AMBALANTOTA (SRI LANKA): At with a company, in which Lauderdale airport appar- courts on Saturday, two years least 21 people were injured China will have 80 per cent ently chose to travel to Flor- after they were set up for a on Saturday in violent ownership. Oicials also ida to carry out the rampage, speedy trial of hardcore mil- clashes between Sri Lankan plan to set up an industrial and there are no signs any al- itants following a Taliban at- government supporters and zone where Chinese com- tercation triggered the at- tack on an Army school that villagers marching against panies will be invited to set tack, authorities said on killed nearly 150 children. what they say is a plan to take up factories. The villagers Saturday. The courts were estab- over private land for an in- and monks are opposed to it The 26-year-old suspect, lished through an amend- dustrial zone, in which China and demand that their resid- Esteban Santiago, had a his- ment in the Constitution will have a major stake. ences and farmlands be tory of acting erratically and after the attack in Peshawar Police used tear gas and spared. A court had issued a investigators are probing TROUBLED MIND? A policeman secure the area outside Fort on December 16, 2014. water cannons to try to break restraining order on the whether mental illness Lauderdale-Hollywood airport after Friday’s shooting; (right) up the clashes, which took protest, saying it could lead played a role in America’s Esteban Santiago, the shooter. — PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS ‘Sunset clause’ place as Prime Minister to unrest, but the protesters latest mass shooting. There was no formal state- Ranil Wickremesinghe was Protesters clash with police defied it. Mr. Wickremes- He cooperated with in- and six wounded in the at- to live their lives and enjoy mained closed. Authorities ment either from the govern- attending an opening cere- in Mirijjawila, Sri Lanka, on inghe inaugurated the indus- vestigators during an inter- tack, while some three dozen the weekend had been sense- have said Santiago walked ment or the military announ- mony for the industrial zone, Saturday. — PHOTO: REUTERS trial zone despite the view that lasted several were taken to local hospitals lessly murdered, and that into an FBI oice in Anchor- cing the end of the located near the port city of clashes. Speaking at the cere- hours overnight, George with bruises or broken bones some of the victims were still age in November last year extraordinary powers for Hambantota, about 240 km ported to the area by the gov- mony, China’s Ambassador Piro, special agent in charge sufered in the chaos as pas- in surgery fighting for their behaving erratically, and that trial of civilians by the milit- southeast of the capital ernment joined in attacking to Sri Lanka, Yi Xianliang, of the Federal Bureau of In- sengers fled Friday’s ram- lives. Asked about oicial ac- he was turned over to local ary. However, the insertion Colombo. the protesters with poles. said that his country hopes to vestigation’s oice in Miami, page in the crowded baggage counts that Santiago acted police who took him to a of a ‘sunset clause’ in the The clashes began when Twenty-one people, in- invest $5 billion in the region said on Saturday. Mr. Piro claim area. Authorities say oddly in the past and had un- medical facility for a mental amendment ensures that the government supporters star- cluding three police oicers, within the next five years, said terrorism had not been Santiago arrived in Ft. Laud- dergone mental health evalu- evaluation. courts will be wound up. ted throwing rocks at villa- were taken to a government and that the new industries ruled out as a motive and that erdale on a connecting flight ations, Mr. Scott said law en- A federal law enforcement They handled 275 cases gers who were marching to hospital in Hambantota, a were expected to generate the suspect’s recent travel from Alaska, and that he re- forcement agencies were oicial said that Santiago had during two years and sen- the ceremony site. The pro- hospital oicial said. 100,000 jobs. was being reviewed. He trieved a 9mm semi-auto- working hard to figure out a told the agents in Alaska that tenced 161 to death, whereas testers, organised by the op- China invested over $1.2 stressed it was still very early matic handgun from his motive. his mind was being con- another 116 were given vary- position and led by Buddhist 99-year lease billion in the port in what in the investigation. checked luggage before load- Commercial flights at the trolled by a U.S. intelligence ing jail terms, mostly life sen- monks, responded by throw- Sri Lanka’s government some analysts call its “string Federal charges against ing it in a bathroom and then airport resumed on Saturday agency, and that it was order- tences. Twelve convicts have ing rocks at the government has signed a framework of pearls” strategy in coun- Santiago were due to be an- shooting indiscriminately. at three of its four terminals. ing him to watch videos been executed, according to supporters. A group that ap- agreement for a 99-year tries surrounding its rival In- nounced later on Saturday. Florida Governor Rick Terminal two, where the made by the Islamic State the Army. 0 — PTI peared to have been trans- lease of the Hambantota port dia. — AP Five people were killed Scott said people just trying shooting took place, re- militant group. — Reuters

Kabul welcomes return of U.S. Marines Retirement home tries having a shorter workday 43 killed as bomb explodes mission ended in 2014. The LIZ ALDERMAN ment. “They include health- Marines will head to the ier staf, a better work envir- in Syria border town southern province this spring controversial ex- onment and lower BEIRUT: A massive tanker truck The rebel-held town to assist a NATO-led mission periment with a unemployment.” bomb ripped through a mar- to train Afghan forces, in the six-hour workday But the high price tag, and ket by a courthouse in the of Azaz, located near latest sign that foreign forces in one of Sweden’s political scepticism about rebel-held Syrian town of the Turkish border, KABUL: Afghanistan on are increasingly being drawn A largest cities wrapped up the practicality of a shorter Azaz on Saturday, killing 43 Saturday welcomed the back into the conflict. this week with a cheerful workday, was likely to dis- people and wounding has been regularly Pentagon’s decision to For years Helmand was conclusion: Shorter working courage widespread support dozens near the Turkish bor- targeted by militants deploy some 300 U.S. the centrepiece of the U.S. hours make for happier, for taking the concept der. The attack appeared to Marines to the volatile and British military healthier and more product- nationwide. be the deadliest yet in the ians and opposition fighters province of Helmand, where intervention in Afghanistan ive employees. While a growing number town in northern Aleppo — were killed in a car bomb- American forces engaged in only for it to slip deeper into There’s just one catch. The of countries and companies province, which has been ing of a rebel headquarters. heated combat until their instability. — AFP practice is too expensive and are studying the concept of regularly hit by bombing tar- The rebels accused the Is- unwieldy to become wide- employee happiness, the geting rebels and civilians. lamic State (IS) group of be- spread in Sweden anytime idea of improving it through The Britain-based Syrian ing behind that attack. Gen. Sharif to head anti-terror alliance soon. shorter work hours has not Observatory for Human The jihadist group is ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former government into confidence, gained broad traction. Rights said at least six rebels present elsewhere in Aleppo Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif Defence Minister Khawaja New positions created MORE HAPPINESS? Gabriele Tikman, a nurse who credits her In Gothenburg, the City were among the dead, but province and has sought to (retired) will now head the Asif said on Friday. The two-year trial, which six-hour workdays with helping her job performance, in Council’s conservative op- most of those killed were advance on Azaz in the past. Saudi Arabia-led military He said that both the took place in the southern Gothenburg, Sweden. — PHOTO: NYT position parties derided the civilians. There was no immediate coalition. government and the Army city of Gothenburg, centred experiment as a utopian folly Observatory chief Rami claim of responsibility for The 39-nation alliance was were on board regarding the on a municipal retirement Although it was small, the bottom line for companies and sought to kill it, citing Abdel Rahman said identi- Saturday’s attack, but Osama formed to serve as a platform decision to let Gen. Sharif home where workers were experiment stoked a wide- and economies. high costs for taxpayers and fication of the dead was be- al-Merhi, a lawyer at the for security cooperation and take charge of the alliance. switched to a six-hour day, spread discussion about the “The trial showed that arguments that the govern- ing hampered by the fact that scene of the blast, pointed to combat terrorism. He, however, refused to from eight hours, with no future of work, namely there are many benefits of a ment should not intrude in some bodies were com- the finger at IS. The decision to appoint share the details of the pay cut. Seventeen nursing whether investing in a better shorter working day,” said the workplace. pletely burned in the blast. The blast comes during a Gen. Sharif was taken after agreement under which Gen. positions were created to work-life balance for em- Daniel Bernmar, leader of The government is also Azaz has been repeatedly fragile nationwide ceasefire taking the incumbent Sharif was appointed. — PTI make up for the loss of time, ployees, and treating work- the Left party on Gothen- not backing a shorter work- struck by bomb attacks, in- brokered by government ally at a cost of around €700,000, ers well rather than squeez- burg’s City Council, which week. — New York Times cluding in November when Russia and rebel backer Tur- or $738,000, a year. ing them, benefits the had pushed for the experi- News Service rebels said 25 people — civil- key. — AFP

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 BUSINESS 15 India’s forex reserves rise marginally FDA nod for Aurobindo’s epilepsy drug KVIC to open ‘Khadi Lounges’ India’s foreign exchange reserves went up Aurobindo Pharma got the final nod from the U.S. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission marginally to $360.29 billion as on December FDA for its Levetiracetam in SodiumChloride (KVIC) will open ‘Khadi Lounges’ at Delhi, Jaipur 30, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India said. — IANS injection used for treating epilepsy. — PTI and Lucknow to promote handspun cloth. — PTI Demonetisation Eveready eyes air purifiers hits MUDRA ATM, credit cards will become loan disbursals after appliances find takers HYDERABAD: Loan disbursals by INDRANI DUTTA and.. for keeping the heritage Micro Units Development irrelevant by 2020, says Kant brand ahead,” Mr. Khaitan and Refinance Agency KOLKATA: Buoyed by the re- said. (MUDRA) slowed down in sponse to its test-marketing EIIL, which earmarks the third quarter of current Every Indian will be able to transact just by using thumb and mobile phone of appliances, battery major around five per cent of its financial year following de- Eveready Industries India is sales for brand-promotion is monetisation of high-value STAFF REPORTER tions and a billion biomet- now eyeing newer segments not planning a separate currencies, an oicial said on rics,” he added. Mr. Kant also such as air purifiers. budget for appliances as yet. Saturday. BENGALURU: With the adoption said more than 85 per cent of “We have already “We will do this as we scale “We have disbursed of technology and the kind of the transactions were in cash launched items like mixer up our small-appliances ₨80,000 crore (from April 1 disruption happening in the and only a few were paying grinders, juicers, ceiling business,” he said adding to December 31, 2016). There digital payments space, taxes in the country. fans, irons and recently that the company was scal- has been some lull during the ATMs, cards and PoS devices winter appliances like gey- ing up its supply-chain, set- last two months because of would become redundant by Formal economy sers and room heaters and ting up 100 service centres currency exchanges and 2020, said NITI Aayog CEO Stressing on the need for response has been positive,” and a distribution team. those kind of things,” Jiji Amitabh Kant. digital transactions and for company managing director The manufacturing has Mammen, CEO of MUDRA, Mr. Kant, who spoke at a enlarging the size of the Amritanshu Khaitan told Amritanshu Khaitan been outsourced, he said. said. session organised as part of formal economy, he said it The Hindu. “Otherwise, we would the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya was vital that a bulk of the He said test-marketing had monetisation drive came but Battery imports have reached much more Divas, also said the country business transactions be been done in the north and the recovery is already Stung by a rush of battery than this (disbursal figure),” can use technology to brought from the informal, east of the country and “the evident.” imports from neighbouring Mr. Mammen said. leapfrog various challenges black economy into the fold entry has been positive for For some years now EIIL countries and a flashlight de- Mr. Mammen was talking in areas such as education of the formal economy, as the brand.” has been trying to diversify mand that fluctuates, the B M to reporters here on the side- and health. otherwise it would not be its portfolio beyond batter- Khaitan group flagship has lines of a function, where a “India is in the midst of possible for India to sustain Growing air pollution ies, flashlights and packet been trying to de-risk its op- portal of industry body AS- huge disruption in the world its growth. The company was now teas. It now has a major pres- erations by entering other SOCHAM to provide online of both financial technology Mr. Kant said that start- eyeing the air-purifier seg- ence in the lighting segment areas. access of funds to Micro, and in terms of social innova- CONSTRUCTIVE CHAOS: India is in the midst of disruption in ups could become job creat- ment in which it sees good riding on the Centre’s thrust Mr. Khaitan said that by Small and Medium Enter- tion,” Mr. Kant said. fintech and social innovation, says Amitabh Kant. — PHOTO: PTI ors and would be able to help traction in view of growing to get into environment- this fiscal, he expected the prises (MSMEs) was “In my view within the in boosting GDP growth. air pollution. friendly lighting. sales contribution from bat- unveiled. next two-and-half years In- ups can work on various is- would be done in just thirty The NITI Aayog CEO also He said that by 2017-18, the “Battery and flashlight teries to decline to 61 per Asked if he was confident dia will make all its debit sues and social innovation seconds through Aadhar-en- emphasised the need for cre- company was targeting a business is a strong cash- cent from 64 now. Packet-tea of reaching the disbursal tar- cards, credit cards, ATM ma- can help empower the abled technology.” ating more women turnover of about six per cow for Eveready — being too will see a drop from five get of ₨1.8 lakh crore for FY17, chines and PoS machines weaker sections of the entrepreneurs. cent from appliances seg- low investment-high return per cent now to 4 per cent Mammen replied in the totally irrelevant,” Mr. Kant- society. Demonetisation push On GDP growth he said, ment. Since appliances are businesses and it allows us to while lighting share is pro- positive. said. “Cards will become re- “Due to demonetisation India was growing at about mainly discretionary pur- diversify into other products jected to increase from 21 per “We are hopeful. We will Speaking at a session on dundant in India as every In- there is a huge push towards 7.6 per cent per annum and it chases they have been im- for brad extension and cent to 25 per cent . wait and watch how things ‘Start-ups and innovations dian will do transactions just digital payments. India is the was an ‘oasis’ of growth in pacted by demonetisation, greater visibility. This is ne- “We also expect lighting to shape up,” Mr. Mammen said which have social impact in by using his thumb and mo- only country in the world the midst of a very barren he said. “Just when they had cessary to make it more rel- become a profitable activity and noted that loan sanction India,’ he also said that start- bile phone. The transaction with a billion mobile connec- global economic landscape. begun doing well, the de- evant to new–age customers from this year,” he said. is generally “extremely well” in the last quarter. The agency was estab- lished by the government with an initial corpus of SBI says home loan queries have jumped threefold since rate cut ₨5,000 crore. — PTI HYDERABAD: State Bank of India grown at all after the note We are seeing lots of tacharya had said that since est pace in past 19 years in times rise in debit card usage He said availability of PoS (SBI) is leaving no stone un- ban announcement on interest.” demonetisation the bank had December at 5.1 per cent at merchant terminals and infrastructure was crucial as Bullion Rates turned to kick–start credit November 8. Now, the focus seen a contraction in lending against 10.6 per cent a year on e-commerce sites. there were about 75 crore oftake, and last week’s steep is on growing the loan book.” Portal traic and expressed hope that of- earlier. The RBI data indic- Similarly, the wallets and cards out of which 45 crore January 07 rates in rupees with 0.90 basis points lending rate He said already there was a “Traic on our portal has fering the lowest rate in the ates lack of credit demand other methods of payment were used very actively on previous rates in brackets cut has resulted in a huge visible pick-up in loan en- grown by almost three times industry would help it re- across all segments and not through mobile phones had ATMs. “If the same cards are Chennai number of enquiries, espe- quiries, especially for home since the rate cut announce- sume lending. just companies, including re- also seen a healthy increase used actively on PoS ma- Bar Silver (1 kg) 40,390 (40,440) cially for home loans, a top loans with online queries ment,” Mr. Kumar said, It could be noted that the tail, wherein the only seg- both in volume and value. chines for doing normal pur- Retail (1 g) 43.20 (43.30) 24 ct gold (10 g) 28,720 (28,690) bank oicial said. alone jumping more than adding that if the home loan system as a whole saw the ment where growth was re- “Last year, we did 1 lakh chases this will reduce pres- 22 ct gold (1 g) 2,745 (2,743) “Credit growth has been three times since the rate cut. market revives, it would be worst contraction in credit gistered was in auto loans. PoS installations. Since the sure on ATMs for cash. Such Delhi very, very subdued so far,” “Already there is a lot of good for the economy. growth since 1997 in Decem- note ban, we have installed a shift will be very helpful as Debit card usage climbs Silver 40,450 (40,100) Rajnish Kumar, managing excitement in the housing Announcing a steep 0.90 ber due to the note ban im- as many as 45,000 PoS ter- cost of doing digital transac- Standard Gold 28,740 (28,710) director in charge of national loan market since the rate cut bps reduction in its MCLR- pact. Mr. Kumar said after de- minals. Our target is to install tions is much lower than the Sovereign 24,200 (24,200) banking, told reporters. “In announcement, wherein we based lending rate, bank As per the latest RBI data, monetisation, the bank had 2 lakh more this year,” Mr. cost of handling cash trans- fact, our loan book has not steeply cut our lending rates. chairperson Arundhati Bhat- bank credit grew at the slow- seen over three-and-a-half Kumar said. actions.” — PTI China’s SAIC may buy GM’s Aurobindo to buy Generis manufacturing assets in India for ₨970 crore

NEW DELHI: A subsidiary of Chi- PRASHANTH CHINTALA na’s top carmaker SAIC Mo- tor Corp. plans to acquire HYDERABAD: Aurobindo certain General Motors man- Pharma (APL) announced ufacturing assets in India, a that it will acquire Portugal- filing with the country’s based Generis Farmaceutica competition watchdog SA and its subsidiaries for showed. The assets, which €135 million (about ₨970 could give the Chinese auto- crore), including net work- maker a toehold in the Indian ing capital of €21.7 million. car market, will be acquired Aurobindo’s wholly- via an Indian subsidiary of owned step-down subsidiary SAIC that is yet to be incor- Agile Pharma BV has signed porated, according to the fil- a binding agreement to buy ing with the Competition INVASIVE MOVE: The assets could give the Chinese automaker a Generis, it said in a state- Commission of India. toehold in the Indian car market. — FILE PHOTO ment. The transaction in- As part of a side deal, Gen- cludes Generis production eral Motors also plans to buy markets like India — a separ- Gujarat — were progressing facility at Amadora in Por- out SAIC’s 9.2 per cent stake ate filing showed. well and that the two parties tugal which has an annual ca- in SAIC General Motors In- GM, in an emailed re- were working to secure ne- pacity of 1.2 billion tablets, vestment — a joint venture it sponse to a Reuters query cessary approvals. capsules and sachets. Gen- formed with the Chinese following the filing, said dis- “We’ll share any progress eris is the “most sold” phar- automaker in 2009 to expand cussions with SAIC on the at the appropriate time,” GM maceutical brand in Por- its presence in emerging sale of Halol — its plant in said. — Reuters tugal, Aurobindo said. Samsung estimates profit surged to more than three-year high, bucks Note 7 fiasco

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics translate to strong earnings Co., said its fourth-quarter growth. profit likely leapt 50 per cent from a year earlier to its Chip division highest level in more than The world’s biggest maker three years, beating expecta- of smartphones, TVs and tions on strong chip sales memory chips will not dis- and a smartphone rebound. close detailed earnings, in- The upbeat outlook comes cluding the performance of despite a slight fall in rev- its individual businesses, un- enue and the anticipated $2.1 til late January. billion profit hit from the Analysts expect Sam- withdrawal of the fire-prone sung’s chip division to earn a Galaxy Note 7 premium record of more than 4 trillion smartphone in October. won in operating profit in The guidance points to a SMARTPHONE REBOUND: A strong showing by the S8 model could October–December thanks more rapid recovery for the boost earnings to a record this year. — PHOTO: REUTERS to strong demand from mobile business than many smartphone makers, includ- analysts had anticipated Should they fare well, I ex- The South Korean won’s ing major client Apple Inc, after one of the biggest pect Samsung to report re- recent depreciation may and high–end data storage product safety failures in cord earnings this year.” have helped boost profits, products. tech history, and reflects The South Korean techno- some analysts said, as com- The mobile division’s steady price increases for logy giant said October- ponent sales are typically quarterly profit is also ex- memory chips. December operating profit settled in U.S. dollars. pected to rebound from the was likely 9.2 trillion won The local currency fell 8.8 third quarter, when the firm S8 holds key ($7.8 billion), the highest per cent against the dollar in booked the bulk of its Note 7 “Samsung posted solid since the third quarter of the fourth quarter. losses, and post its first an- earnings only with sales of 2013 and well above the 8.2 Investors pushed Sam- nual gain in three years older smartphone models trillion won tipped by a sung shares up 43 percent thanks to healthy sales of like the S7 after the Note 7’s Thomson Reuters StarMine last year, betting the surge in Galaxy S7 smartphones. discontinuation,” said Kim SmartEstimate from a sur- demand for memory chips Samsung Electronics said Sung–soo, a fund manager at vey of 21 analysts. and organic light–emitting fourth–quarter revenue LS Asset Management. The estimate was also diode screens for smart- likely declined 0.6 per cent “This makes me have higher than any individual phones will more than make from a year earlier to 53 tril- hopes for the (Galaxy) S8. forecast in the survey. up for the Note 7 setback and lion won. — Reuters CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 16 | BUSINESS THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

Centre set to As iPhone sales unveil scheme ‘Indian companies optimistic fall, Apple cuts for women of economic recovery in 2017’ Tim Cook’s pay entrepreneurs SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

HYDERABAD: The Centre would KOCHI: Indian businesses are shortly introduce an exclus- optimistic about an eco- ive scheme for women entre- nomic recovery in 2017, ac- preneurs, a senior oicial in cording to the latest Grant the Ministry of Micro, Small Thornton International and Medium Enterprises Business Report (IBR) (MSME) said. survey. “It will be an exclusive India ranked second on scheme for women entre- the optimism index during preneurs,” B. H. Anil Kumar, the third quarter (July- a Joint Secretary in the Min- September 2016) and has istry, told reporters here. taken a further leap to first Tim Cook “We have not yet finalised position this quarter with 88 the contours (of the LOS ANGELES: iPhone maker MANY A SLIP: This would be the second year of reverses in south Indian production, mainly due to per cent of the respondents scheme). Hopefully, we will voting for it. Apple has cut its CEO Tim adverse weather. — FILE PHOTO introduce it before the end of The country continues to Cook’s salary by a whopping the financial year.” retain its number one posi- 15 per cent for 2016 as annual Earlier, he unveiled tion in the fourth quarter of sales declined for the year, myloanassocham.com, a 2016, a trend that was seen in missing targets that also led Tea exports may dip on portal. Industry body AS- the corresponding period in BRIGHT FUTURE: India also ranked number one on the parameter to the technology giant’s first SOCHAM said the site the year 2015 and 2014 as of employment expectation. — FILE PHOTO: AP annual revenue decline in 15 provides MSMEs online ac- well, according to a state- years. cess to funds at an afordable ment by Grant Thornton. policy makers to look at un- impediment to growth. The company gave Mr. rate from a mix of banks and The findings are based on leashing the next generation Fifty-seven per cent of the Cook $8.75 million in total Kenya’s bumper crop financial institutions. a global business survey con- of reforms, apart from GST, respondents have quoted compensation last year, Mr. Kumar said the figures ducted quarterly. mostly focussed on ease of this as an obstacle against 59 down from the $10.28 million that the MSME sector con- The recent survey had doing business and min- per cent and 64 per cent, in he received in 2015, accord- Lower shipments to Russia may add to the decline tributes 8 per cent to the 2,600 businesses in 37 imum government, max- the third and second quarter ing to a Securities and Ex- country’s GDP, 45 per cent of economies. imum governance,” said Har- of 2016, respectively. change (SEC) filing. While SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT India lost market been higher at 1,110.5 million the manufacturing output “The rise in optimism in ish H.V., Partner – India The survey highlighted Mr. Cook’s salary rose to $3 share when it could kgs between April and and 40 per cent of the ex- India can also be gauged leadership team, Grant that lack of strong ICT infra- million from $2 million last KOLKATA: Tea exports, after November 2016 as North In- ports are based on survey re- from the fact that India tops Thornton India LLP. structure, shortage of orders, year – a 50 per cent increase, showing a healthy rise by not match the crop dian gardens increased their ports of 2007. Those survey the chart on expectations of However, Mr Harish said, unavailability of workforce his cash bonus took a hit. volume and value in 2015-16, and the prices output helping overcome the reports have been extrapol- an increasing revenue (89 that requires a change in and shortage of finance were Apple awarded Mr. Cook and may decline this fiscal year offered by Kenya shortfall caused by a sharp ated. It’s a random survey, per cent) where it slipped to mind-set among the policy the biggest concerns for cor- other executives 89.5 per due to a bumper crop in decline in May. and it’s not clear how much third position in the July- makers and implementing porations in India. cent of their target, instead of Kenya and lower prospects Although production re- of that figure is based on September quarter.” reforms in the legal system the maximum amount like in in some key markets. A bumper crop in Kenya covered since then, the gap hardcore data, according to The country also ranked and contract enforcement Higher R&D recent years. Between April and Octo- (more than 50 per cent rise could not be bridged. India him. number one on the paramet- (India’s poorest ranking is in According to IBR, 38 per Hence, Mr. Cook’s cash bo- ber 2016, exports stood at 119 according to latest statistics) had closed 2015-16 with a tea In this background, the ers of employment expecta- contract enforcement in the cent of the respondents are nus fell to $5.4 million in million kg against 127 million and Bangladesh, which is crop of 1,233.1 million kgs. Ministry is in the process of tions (62 per cent) and doing business ranking). expecting an increase in in- 2016, down from $8 million kg of the same period in 2015. slowly emerging as a tea- Also, this would be the creating an MSME data bank selling prices (68 per cent). vestment in R&D activities. the year before and declining India exported 232.9 million growing nation, led to excess second year of reverses in based on which it can project India Inc.’s profitability ex- Pessimism on exports Though it shows a decline for the first time since he as- kg in 2015-16, rising by 17 mil- supply and lower prices in South Indian production, the actual requirements of pectations further moved to While business confid- from the last quarter (43 per sumed leadership of the lion kg over the previous the international market. In mainly due to adverse the sector, he said and asked second position from rank ence in India is rising, the op- cent), on an average, there is company in 2011. year and breaching the 230- 2015, Bangladesh had a crop weather conditions. these enterprises to register three in the third quarter and timism for an increase in ex- an increase in optimism for Apple cited its failure to million-mark for the first of 66.4 million kg. themselves. fourth position during the ports has plummeted. R&D activities in 2016. meet performance goals for time since 1980-81, according Worst drought The Reserve Bank of India, second quarter of 2016. According to the survey re- The survey showed no both sales and profits. Sales to oicial statistics. Sharp decline Azam Monem, chairman he said, had issued port, 28 per cent of the re- change in the confidence of volume of the iPhone fell in Earnings from tea exports However Sri Lanka, India’s of the Indian Tea Association guidelines for the creation of High on expectations spondents expect an in- an increase in investments in fiscal 2016 for the first time are estimated at ₨2,460 crore arch-rival in the interna- said that South India faced its committees for revival and “India continues to stand crease in exports, which is 10 new buildings from the last since the device was intro- against ₨2,518 crore between tional arena, too saw a sharp worst drought this year. rehabilitation of MSMEs fa- out as the one economy points lower than previous quarter. Forty-two per cent duced in 2007, causing the April and October 2015. decline in its output of the On exports, he said that In- cing stress. Banks were in the which has huge potential to quarter (38 per cent voted for of the respondents were ex- firm to sufer its first annual Lower exports to Russia commodity. dia lost market in the first process of setting them up at continue to grow and this is an increase in exports during pecting an increased invest- revenue decline in 15 years. (annual purchases of about Indian teas, however, have half of this fiscal, when it state levels, he added. reflected in the survey where third quarter of 2016). ment in new buildings in this The firm said its annual sales 45 million kg), the U.K., the held their unit-prices, selling could not match the crop and Mr. Kumar pitched for put- Indian businesses are most Although India ranks third quarter as well. When it were down nearly 4 per cent U.S., Bangladesh and at ₨206.6 per kg against ₨197.8 the prices ofered by Kenya. ting in place a corporate optimistic and high on ex- on citing regulations and red comes to investment in plant or $215.6 billion from its tar- Pakistan may cause the de- per kg. Prices were higher in “This loss extended to all structure so as to ensure that pectations of increasing rev- tape as a constraint on and machinery, 50 per cent get of $223.6 billion. Its oper- cline, according to Sujit dollar terms too. On the pro- the markets including the an enterprise “does not die enue, employment, profitab- growth, there is a constant respondents expect a rise as ating income was down 0.5 Patro, secretary, Indian Tea duction front, Tea Board said U.K., U.S. and the Pakistan,” when an entrepreneur ility. decline in the number of re- against 46 per cent in the per cent from its target at $60 Association. that all-India production has Mr. Monem said. passes away”. — PTI “This is a great time for the spondents citing this as an third quarter. billion. — PTI NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 SPORT 17 Telecast schedule ‘Dhoni saved me from getting dropped’ Rooney equals Charlton Chennai Open: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 5 p.m.; FA Cup: Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN He (Dhoni) will always be the person who guided me Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton’s HD, 7 p.m. & 9.30 p.m.; La Liga: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 8.30 p.m. & 1.30 a.m. initially and gave me opportunities. He gave me ample Manchester United scoring record as his side (Monday); Serie A: Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN HD, 5 p.m. & 10.30 p.m.; I-League: Ī time and space to grow, saved me from getting dropped Ī crushed ex-United defender Jaap Stam’s TEN 2, 4.30 p.m. & 7 p.m.; PBL: STAR Sports 1, 3 & HD 1 & 3, 7 p.m.; PWL: Sony many a time. Reading 4-0 in the FA Cup third round on ESPN, 7 p.m.; NBA: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 5.30 a.m. (Monday) — Virat Kohli, on Dhoni’s influence on his career Saturday.

FRANKLY SPEAKING Defiance will spell trouble for the BCCI The spark that will ignite CRICKET REFORMS / Lodha panel to take stock of situation on January 11 Srinivasan, Thakur meet cricket for the better VIJAY LOKAPALLY G. VISWANATH business even with a senior function- MAKARAND WAINGANKAR NEW DELHI: Reports of veiled de- ary who actually recommended to fiance by disqualified cricket he news that the Maharashtra Justice Lodha about the need for the bsolute power corrupts absolutely. It is a oicials have not gone down TCricket Association has decided CCI and NCC to be disaffiliated and Awell-known fact and a popular topic of dis- well with the Justice R.M. to nominate the ousted BCCI secret- that the Board must have all States cussion about the rich and the mighty corrupt- Lodha Committee. ary Ajay Shirke has reached the represented, but with only one vote. ing the system in cricket. According to sources, even Justice Lodha Committee members. The representatives of associ- The googly here is the Supreme Court’s de- the remaining Board oicials The immediate response from a few ations and those who have faced the cision to shake things up. By sticking to its stand divided on the course of people close to the committee was: axe told The Hindu, while checking at earlier stand in the order of 2nd January, the BCCI has been action. Conflicting reports “It will be interesting to see if he different airports en route to stumped. Following the judgement, the associations have to have appeared in the media re- (Shirke) lands up (for the BCCI meet- Bengaluru, that they did not know the implement all the reforms quickly. garding the plans of the belea- ing whenever it takes place).” purpose of the meeting. A bright, At this stage, the Supreme Court’s decision to restructure the guered Board oicials. On Saturday, a large group of BCCI young representative of a State asso- system to eradicate corruption is perspicuous. There have been sugges- office-bearers, unseated by the Su- ciation sent an image on WhatsApp In my experience, it was not infrequent to witness high-level tions that the oicials engaged preme Court order of July 18, 2016, that said: “Good morning, faith is not politics in BCCI. But, the oicials never allowed the game to in conducting domestic and and January 2 and 3, 2017, turned up knowing what the future holds, but sufer. Alas, that is not the case anymore. international matches under at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru to as- knowing who holds the future.” Money is power, they say. The massive ego that came along instructions from the Lodha certain the numbers, find out if they By now almost the entire cricket- with it led each oice-bearer to outsmart the other. There was panel will be denied infra- were genuine and whether they ing fraternity knows that efforts were no action taken against any of these errant associations. structure and embarrassed. would be able to exercise control over made to prevent the CCI from offering Barring a few, some associations have not even maintained “Each step that impedes the the State associations in the new its facilities for the two warm-up accounts. But how can there be an action taken against them smooth functioning of the ad- set-up. games against England and that the when some of these gentle- ministration will amount to WHAT NEXT? Rajeev Shukla emerges from a meeting of former Board officials in Bengaluru on It is understood that the deposed National selectors — junior and men were the BCCI bosses The reforms contempt of the Supreme Saturday. — PHOTO: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH BCCI president Anurag Thakur was senior — were told to do certain themselves! There have Court. It will be seen as sabot- also present at the meeting. Though things. That, however, did not happen. been charge-sheets filed will dismantle aging the court order,” cau- springing a new league are (MPCA) did an excellent job There was no dissent as far not much news filtered out of the hall, The CCI top brass was not in favour of against many oice-bear- tioned a source close to the some of the steps that the of staging its first ever Test. as the selection meetings were a handful said nothing of note such a move made by an immediate ers of the association, some the monopoly Lodha panel. sacked oice-bearers are said There were murmurs of the concerned because all ten se- happened. past office-bearer of the Board. were even arrested. But, of the BCCI to have been mulling. forthcoming Ranji Trophy fi- lectors — senior and junior — Most of those who have been PTI reports from New Delhi: the politics involved in the Majority not in favour One such oicial is said to nal between Mumbai and Gu- signed the papers before leav- shown the door were happy to attend voting has made one of them the chairman of the most import- It was learnt by The Hindu have gone to the extent of put- jarat scheduled at Indore from ing the venue in Mumbai. the meeting, supposedly convened by Paranjpe, Khoda out? ant committee! on Saturday that the majority ting a spanner in the works January 10 being disrupted, Even as some oicials met in former president N. Srinivasan. What Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda The financial state of the association determines the com- does not favour another con- ahead of the upcoming lim- but all eforts have been made Bengaluru on Saturday, the an irony that many of those who are set to be removed from the BCCI mitment of elected oicials to the game in their jurisdiction. frontation with the judiciary. ited-over series by suggesting to conduct the much-awaited move was seen in cricket made a beeline to Bengaluru were senior selection panel after the Board Why then didn’t the BCCI adhere to transparency and make the A senior Board oicial con- that England stays home. contest. circles as irrelevant to the on- hostile towards the same person in was told to trim the panel to three Deloitte audit report public? ceded, “It will harm the image It may be mentioned that a The drama ahead of the se- going process of setting the the last two years! members instead of five as recom- Again, barring a few associations, others have indulged in of the game if matches are dis- similar efort was made to stall lection meetings in Mumbai administration in place. “If only he had resigned then, fol- mended by the Lodha Committee. group politics giving rise to nepotism that has killed potential rupted. But these suggestions the third Test between India on Friday has been taken note It is learnt that 18 State asso- lowing the IPL mess, the BCCI would Chairman M.S.K. Prasad, Devang careers. Even the entry of former cricketers was stalled due to certainly would not have come and New Zealand at Indore in of by the Lodha panel, which is ciations have fallen in line not have been in such a sorry plight,” Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh — all the high financial benefits involved in the voting system. from the recent Board presid- October last year. meeting on January 11 to take with the reforms suggested was the refrain. Now, another former former Test players — meet the eli- In an interview for my Ph.D. thesis, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi ent who has been a cricketer But better sense had pre- stock of the situation. More and approached the Lodha BCCI president Shashank Manohar is gibility criteria set by the Committee and Sunil Gavaskar suggested that the managing committee of himself.” vailed and the Madhya Pra- clarity on the way forward is panel for guidance in imple- being blamed for all the trouble. while Khoda and Paranjpe have only each association must have a certain percentage of its past Denying stadiums and desh Cricket Association expected then. menting the SC ruling. The members are willing to do played ODIs. cricketers. The voting rights could go to the cricketers’ con- stituency of former State players and not the clubs or indi- vidual members in the association. The reason being some of the voters in the association were people who had never played the game! Why should a player Why CEO convened Justice Mudgal for COA position? with repute beg for a vote from a person who hasn’t even played tennis-ball cricket? G. VISWANATH Mudgal was non-committal. In fact, only the Karnataka State Cricket Association, in the selection meetings The COA’s immediate task year 1999, gave voting rights to its former players. Until then, MUMBAI: The names of people will be to oversee the BCCI the greats, B.S. Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and others, suitable to be considered for administration through its didn’t even have the right to vote! The lure of money didn’t G. VISWANATH bearer, who has held a State membership to the Commit- CEO Rahul Johri and also, as post for nine years or more, allow any other association to think about the reforms needed MUMBAI: BCCI CEO Rahul tee of Administrators (COA) the Court said, to “ensure that for its players to get into its administration. was allowed to be a BCCI will be submitted to the Su- the directions contained in Johri was told by the Lodha Till date, most of the oicials have misused their power in councillor/oice-bearer, preme Court by legal experts the judgement dated July 18, every way. In Mumbai, the market value of an ailiated club is Committee that the revised the website says, “Yes. The Anil B. Divan and Gopal Sub- 2016 (which accepted the re- about 2.5 crore. Every voter gets eight memberships of Gar- Supreme Court order of period as oice-bearer ramaniam on January 19. forms in cricket report of the ware Club House at Rs. 10,000 though the oicial rate is 12-15 January 3 had disqualified under the State shall not be A prominent name in the Justice Lodha Committee lakh per membership. Amitabh Choudhary as joint counted towards the period reckoning for a COA position with modifications) are ful- Similarly for MCA Recreation Club at Bandra Kurla Com- secretary, stripping him of as oice-bearer of the BCCI is that of Justice (retired) filled and to adopt all neces- plex a voter gets three memberships at Rs. 10,000 and for the right to convene and vice versa. Therefore, Mukul Mudgal, who conduc- sary and consequential steps Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana at Kandivali a voter gets four meetings. technically one individual ted the IPL probe and dealt for that purpose.” memberships at the same rate when oicial rates at both the Choudhary would have can be an oice-bearer at with issues like spot and The Court had said Divan clubs is Rs. 12-15 lakh per membership! And each voter is attracted contempt of court the State association for 9 match-fixing, betting, con- and Subramaniam should sug- eligible for 15 memberships! proceedings if he had years and separately an flicts of interest and player- ON FAMILIAR TURF: Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal has had the gest names of persons with in- Imagine the amount each MCA voter can make by selling conducted the selection oice-bearer/councillor at agent matters. experience of dealing with tricky BCCI issues. tegrity and experience in these memberships. When these are the figures, why would committee meetings and the BCCI for another 9 — FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA managing a similar enterprise. any club want to give representation to a State cricketer? This hence the BCCI CEO, on a years, subject of course to Vast expertise People who have been in- is why political parties have cornered clubs. Sharad Pawar, direction from the Lodha the cooling-of period after In its cricket reforms re- It was also not too long ago vising the conduct of the In- volved in a similar exercise who did a lot for Mumbai cricket couldn’t change the voting Committee, went ahead each term.” port, the Lodha Committee that Justice Mudgal had dia-South Africa Test at the understand that the COA, pattern. with meetings that selected had even acknowledged presented a report on the Ferozeshah Kotla in 2015. which will work with the CEO Accounting malpractice, an improper process in tendering, Choudhary has Justice Mudgal’s role in “shar- Delhi and Districts Cricket When asked by The Hindu and his staf in the BCCI, will two India-A teams and the nepotism were some examples of the substandard administra- completed nine years as a ing his vast expertise and Association, and he was en- if he would be inclined to be not have more than three tion. Corrupt oicials had no interest in running the adminis- India squads for the three- State oice-bearer, but not knowledge on sports law”. trusted with the task of super- part of the COA, Justice members. tration efectively. Without restructuring, there is no other match ODI series and as a BCCI oice-bearer. way to set this appalling situation right. three-match Twenty20 series against England. Amended norm No uniform constitution The Lodha Committee, However, a Lodha Goud is interim The BCCI is the richest sporting body. However, there is no which was kept abreast of Committee oicial Shirke to represent MCA uniform constitution. Every State has a diferent constitution the developments at the explained to The Hindu, HCA chief which suits the ruling group. There are quite a few associations Cricket Centre, conveyed to “That has been superseded AMOL KARHADKAR Association says ive “will not hold any post but run by families for decades. Some have family members, trus- Johri in no uncertain terms by the Supreme Court order only put forth the association’s SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ted friends, relatives and employees of their establishments as that Choudhary could not of Jan. 3, 2017, which they MUMBAI: Ajay Shirke was on Fri- deposed Board view to the BCCI.” voters. conduct any meeting and if [BCCI oicials] are day appointed the Maharashtra secretary will only Apte, a renowned lawyer, HYDERABAD: M. Narender Goud, One association even has drivers and canteen staf as voters! he did so, it would be avoiding referring to. They Cricket Association (MCA) put forth its view has been one of Shirke’s trusted senior vice-president of the With this structure, it’s no wonder that Kapil Dev lost the regarded as contempt of the refer only to the order of representative for BCCI lieutenants ever since getting Hyderabad Cricket Associ- election of Haryana Cricket Association. Supreme Court order; Jan. 1, 2017.” meetings. to the BCCI into cricket administration not ation (HCA), was unanim- Even with such unscrupulous administration and gov- The Hindu understands that too long ago. He was a member ously nominated the associ- ernance, the operations staf should be applauded for their especially after Johri sought The January 3 Shirke’s name was proposed stood to have told the commit- of the BCCI’s legal committee. ation’s interim president at its meticulous planning and implementation of the programme. the Committee’s direction. amendment changed the during Friday’s managing com- tee that he can represent the as- Riyaz Bagwan, the new sec- Executive Committee meeting The Supreme Court’s impending decision of complete over- Former BCCI oicials norm to “Has been an Oice mittee in Pune, which filled sociation at BCCI meetings retary, has been one of Shirke’s here on Saturday. haul was long overdue. With politicians, public servants and afected by the Supreme Bearer of the BCCI or a four vacancies in its adminis- only if he can find time from most trusted men since the This is in compliance with government employees debarred from the association, the Court order, including State Association for a tration created after the Court business commitments. early 2000s. the Supreme Court order re- Lodha Committee has restrained the funding of the candidates. Choudhary, have referred cumulative period of 9 order on January 2 (modified While the Court order bars The former left-arm spinner, quiring the implementation of The Apex Council of the State will have an oicial from the to FAQ No. 8 on the years.” According to the on January 3). A member of the Shirke — along with several who played one Ranji Trophy the Justice Lodha panel re- Oice of the Accountant General to monitor the finances. Committee’s website, Lodha Committee’s committee confirmed that the other State and BCCI oicials match, has held various re- commendations, according to Implementation of the reforms might cause teething prob- which deals with eligibility interpretation of the new MCA president Abhay — from holding any post in the sponsibilities in the past, in- HCA secretary K. John Manoj. lems. But, in the larger interest of the game, the reforms will norms. modification, Choudhary Apte is set to formalise the ap- BCCI, a MCA managing com- cluding that of team manager However, there is no oicial dismantle the monopoly of the BCCI and Indian cricket will On whether an oice- was ineligible. pointment soon. mittee member stated that for India’s tour of the West In- word on the election process witness a paradigm shift. Here is the spark that will definitely Shirke, however, is under- Shirke as the MCA representat- dies last year. as yet. ignite the gentleman’s game for the better. Marin does it for Hunters BASKETBALL Confusion over BENGALURU: Carolina Marin Sai Praneeth to put Smashers Services’s won her Trump match after fa- ahead 2-1. Harpal leads the way in Gujarat’s win cing some anxious moments Axelsen showed his class, participation against Ashwini Ponnappa as going into the break with a 6-2 K. KEERTHIVASAN after he got a job with Income 27 midway, Gujarat conceded Hyderabad Hunters defeated before taking the game 11-6. It Tax. the advantage to Chhattisgarh. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Bengaluru Smashers 4-3 in a was a similar script in the PUDUCHERRY: Harpal Singh used During this phase, it was Chhat- see-saw Premier Badminton second game too as the Dane to be one of the valuable players Karnataka pips Kerala tisgarh’s Rudraksh and Rajesh PUDUCHERRY: While BFI secretary League contest here on took a 6-2 lead. He went on to for Indian Railways and India, In a nail-biting Group-A who kept scoring at regular in- Chander Muki Sharma did say on re- Saturday. seal the game 11-5. for a brief while. He was part of men’s contest, Karnataka edged tervals. Gujarat just about man- cord that the Services men’s team has Marin defeated Ashwini 9- After Axelsen’s win, it was the Railways team which won Kerala 72-68. With a minute and aged to take the lead, but by a agreed to take part in the Nationals, 11, 11-5, 11-8 in the deciding up to Bengaluru men’s doubles the Senior National basketball a half remaining for the final meagre three points going into and it has also agreed to pay the affili- match of the tie. With this win, combination of Hyun and championships in Surat (2008- whistle, the scores were tied at the fourth and final quarter. ation fees, one of the Services Sports Hyderabad move to Yeon Seong to seal 09), and has played for India in 66, after a three-pointer from Though the fourth quarter Control Board officials told The Hindu third in the table. the tie by winning the Asian Basketball Champi- Kerala’s Albin Baby. Arvind, was close, it was clear that Gu- on Saturday night that the team is not Though Ashwini against Tan Boon onship, besides a few other in- then, converted two two-point- jarat had the edge as it displayed travelling to the Union territory and won the first game, and Tan Wee. ternational events. ers to increase the lead for enough composure and game has not agreed on anything with the she could not sus- However, the two Though he is way past his Karnataka, and Anil Kumar lit- plan at the death. BFI. tain the momentum lost 11-5, 11-8. best now, the centre, who plays erally sealed the issue when he The results: Men: Group A: One of the local organisers said he as Marin powered Earlier, the host for Gujarat, still remains a lured Rahul Sarath to a foul, and Karnataka 72 (Aravind 17, Anil Kumar has received information from BFI that her way back to win it for started badly, losing the first threat to opponents. then converted the resultant 29, Naveen Raj 16) bt Kerala 68 (A.R. Services is not participating. Akhil 23). Group B: Gujarat 57 (Harpal Hunters. match when Boonsak Ponsana Against Chhattisgarh on Sat- two free-throws. However, BFI Secretary reiterated Singh 24, Kasirajan 12) bt Chhattis- It was surprising to see Ash- was defeated by Sameer urday in the 67th Senior Nation- Gujarat, playing in Level-I for that Services Sports Control Board garh 51 (Rudraksh 28). Group F: West wini play the singles match as Verma 11-8, 11-7. als, Harpal netted 24 points in the first time, was calling the basketball in-charge told him orally Bengal 63 (Amrit Singh 14, Mandeep the Bengaluru girl is known for Sameer began in style, ra- his team’s 57-51 victory in a shots in the first two quarters, that Services will send its team. her exploits in doubles. cing to a 7-0 lead. Boonsak, Group-B match. Ball-handler leading 19-14 in the first and 34- 20) bt Jharkhand 31 (Sukhdeep Singh The Smashers’ mixed however, made it 6-8 before Kasirajan contributed in good 25 in the second. The 32-year- 11). Meanwhile, the BFI has formed a doubles players, Ko Sung conceding the next three measure, scoring 12 vital points. old Harpal played a good hand Women: Group B: Kerala 66 three-member committee comprising Hyun and Sikki Reddy, helped points. Interestingly, Kasirajan was in two-pointers, though, he (Jeena 14, Elizabeth 12) bt West V. Ragothaman (chairman), Ajay Sood the team make it 1-1, beating Boonsak had a much better in the Tamil Nadu squad which didn’t particularly shine in free- Bengal 21. Group C: Karnataka 66 (convenor) and Norman Isaac, chair- Marin and Satwiksairaj start in the second game, tak- won the gold in the Nationals in throws, in the first and second (Bhandanya 27, Priyanka 15) bt Gu- man of the Technical Committee, to Rankireddy 11-9, 11-7. ing a 4-3 lead. But the Indian PROVING HIS WORTH: Gujarat’s Harpal Singh, who showed the New Delhi in 2014. quarters. jarat 32 (Aarti 15). Group F: Odisha 61 look into the UBA issue. Viktor Axelsen won the shuttler made it 6-5 and went value of experience, jumps to score against Chhattisgarh. He has been representing In the third, Gujarat allowed (J. Baskey 23, U. Mallik 14) bt Puduch- The Committee is likely to submit Trump match 11-5, 11-6 against on to win the game 11-7. — PTI — PHOTO: S.S. KUMAR Gujarat for the last three years things to drift. From a lead of 36- erry 24. its report on Sunday morning.

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Lynn, Stanlake in ODI squad Australia crushes Pakistan to sweep series SYDNEY: Australia has dropped George Bailey and Aaron CRICKET / David Warner named Man-of-the-Match, Steve Smith is Man-of-the-Series Finch and called up new- comers Chris Lynn and Billy SYDNEY: Australia clinched a announced as the oicial beaten 175 for his 34th Test Stanlake in a 14-man squad on series clean sweep with an em- player of the series. hundred in the first innings, Saturday for its five-game ODI phatic 220-run win over The tourists lost four wick- did not get enough on a Lyon series against Pakistan starting Pakistan in the third Test here ets in the first session after re- delivery and lobbed to Hazle- next week. on Saturday. suming at 55 for one. The wood at mid-on. — AFP The squad has been selected The tourists were all out highest target successfully for all five matches in the shortly before tea on the final chased down in the fourth in- SCOREBOARD series, in Brisbane (Jan. 13), day for 244 chasing 465 runs nings at the Sydney Cricket Melbourne (Jan. 15), Perth with paceman Josh Hazle- Ground was Australia's 288 Australia — 1st innings: 538 for (Jan. 19), Sydney (Jan. 22) and wood and spinner Steve for two against South Africa in eight decl. Adelaide (Jan. 26). O’Keefe both snaring three 2006.Azhar Ali lasted just six Pakistan — 1st innings: 315. The squad: Steve Smith (capt), wickets. balls into the final day before Australia — 2nd innings: 241 David Warner, Pat Cummins, James for two decl. Pakistan’s hopes of holding he was out in a soft dismissal Pakistan — 2nd innings: Azhar Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, Travis out for a draw evaporated with on his overnight score of 11. Ali c & b Hazlewood 11, Sharjeel Khan Head, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, the dismissals of leading series He tried to work Josh Hazle- c Warner b Lyon 40, Yasir Shah c sub Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Billy run-scorer Azhar Ali and vet- wood to the leg-side only to b O'Keefe 13, Babar Azam lbw b Stanlake, Mitchell Starc, Matthew eran Younis Khan before bunt the ball back to the Hazlewood 9, Younis Khan c Hazle- Wade and Adam Zampa . — AFP lunch. bowler for an easy return wood b Lyon 13, Misbah-ul-Haq c Wicketkeeper Sarfraz catch. Lyon b O'Keefe 38, Asad Shafiq b Ahmed top-scored with a Azhar finished as the Starc 30, Sarfraz Ahmed (not out) 72, Dream day fighting unbeaten 72 of 70 highest Pakistan runscorer in a Wahab Riaz c Wade b O'Keefe 12, balls. series in Australia with 406 at Md. Amir (run out) 5, Imran Khan c for Indians Australia completed a series 81.20. sub b Hazlewood 0; Extras (nb-1): 1; clean sweep after a 39-run win Babar Azam followed in Total (in 80.2 overs): 244. at the Gabba and an innings Hazlewood's next over, SHEFFIELD (UK): It turned out to Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-55, 3-67, and 18-run victory in trapped leg before wicket for be a dream British Junior Open 4-82, 5-96, 6-136, 7-188, 8-202, Melbourne. nine to end a disappointing squash tournament for the In- 9-224. It was Pakistan’s 12th series with a total of just 68 dian boys as they won a gold, Australia bowling: Starc 17-2- straight defeat since its last runs from six innings. silver and bronze in the un- 57-1, Hazlewood 18.2-7-29-3, Lyon Test win in Australia in Younis Khan missed out on der-19 category of the prestigi- 27-6-100-2, O'Keefe 17-4-53-3, Smith Sydney 22 years ago. becoming the first Pakistan ous meet. 1-0-5-0. David Warner was named batsman to reach 10,000 Test It was in the 1970s that Anil Man-of-the-Match: David Man-of-the-Match for his runs when he was caught in Nair first won this event for Warner. scintillating hundred before the deep of spinner Nathan Man-of the-Series: Steve Smith. India and in more recent lunch on the opening day, Lyon for 13. Australia won by 220 runs and times, it was Saurav Ghosal. while skipper Steve Smith was Younis, who scored an un- series 3-0. STRIKING WELL: Spinner Steve O’Keefe picked up three wickets in Australia’s emphatic win over Pakistan. — PHOTO: AFP Velavan Senthilkumar won the Drysdale Cup, only the third Indian to do so, with a 15- RACING 13, 11-2, 10-12, 11-7 win over Finals rescheduled compatriot and unseeded Quarrelling Uttarakhand associations Abhay Singh in a close final. CHANDIGARH: Intermittent rain And bringing home more Ice Glacier wins Bangalore Oaks through the day forced the cheer was Adhitya Raghavan’s abandonment of the singles fi- bronze. — PTI have made cricketers suffer BENGLURU: Ice Glacier (David Allan (Cedric Segeon) 1, Miniver Rose awalla Pundole & Capt Jamshed J. up) won the Bangalore Oaks, the (P.P. Dhebe) 2, Botswana Bolt Appoo. Trainer: S. Padmanabhan. nals in the ITF grade-3 junior G. VISWANATH suffering,” said an anguished BCCI Pradesh. The CAU is the oldest and chief event of the races held here on (Srinath) 3 and Lawrence Of Arabia 6. MALPE PLATE (1,400m), tennis tournament at the official who has been visiting the is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Saturday (Jan. 7). (David Allan) 4. 2-3/4, 3/4 and 1-1/4. rated 60 & above: Dubai One (P. CLTA Stadium, Sector-10, on CA. Unmukt Chand, Abhimanyu, The winner is owned by 1m 13.49s. Rs. 52 (w), 18, 23 and 15 (p), Surya) 1, Rafa (T.S. Jodha) 2, Bigwinfor MUMBAI: Uttarakhand is not even State for almost 15 years. Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Pvt Ltd rep by. SHP: Rs. 69, FP: Rs. 212, Q: Rs. 150, Siobhan (Zervan) 3 and Super Suc- Saturday. an affiliate member of the Board of In July 2016, the BCCI deputed Pawan Suyal and many more are Mr. Byram N. Jeejeebhoy, Poon- Trinella: Rs. 720 and Rs. 281, Exacta: cess (Darshan) 4. ¾, 1-1/4 and 1. 1m Referee Leena Nageshkar Rs. 2,236 and Rs. 898. Favourite: Bot- HockeyCoorg Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Prakash Dixit, former president of from Dehradun but are playing for awalla Racing & Breed Ltd rep by. 24.84s. Rs. 74 (w), 28, 25 and 25 (p), waited till about 6.45 p.m. to other States,” said Eswaran. Mr. Zavaray S. Poonawalla & Ms. swana Bolt. Owner: Mr. K.K. Bel- SHP: Rs. 53, FP: Rs. 482, Q: Rs. 178, but the Lodha Committee has Vidarbha Cricket Association, and Simone Poonawalla Pundole & Capt liappa. Trainer: Warren Singh. Trinella: Rs. 2,290 and Rs. 1,097, Ex- have the matches under the RAMANATHAPURAM: B. Rischika awarded it full membership on the former Test cricketer Aunshuman The secretary of CAU, T.C. Jamshed J. Appoo and trained by S. 4. NEW YEAR CUP (1,400m), acta: Rs. 16,738 and Rs. 5,739. Favour- floodlights. The ground staf Thimmaiah pumped in five basis of the ‘one State, one Gaekwad to meet the stakeholders Varma, told The Hindu: “we met Padmanabhan. 4-y-o & over, (Terms): Bold Com- ite: Fabulous Touch. Owner: Mr. had done all the hard work to mand (Srinath) 1, Mickey Mouse Saad A. Khan. Trainer: R.R. Byramji. goals while Padmavathi S. member, one vote’ rule. at Dehradun. “We met several of Shashank Manohar and Arun Jaitley The results get the courts dried up, but the 1. NATIVE CHIEFTAN (Arshad Alam) 2, Auriga (Cedric 7. NATIVE CHIEFTAN Madli netted four and K.R. While cricketers in the State them but I don’t want to talk about in 2009 and as we understand, Segeon) 3 and Ace Bucephalus rain returned when the there are only two associations. We PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), rated 15 PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m), rated 15 Bhoomika three as Hockey would be delighted that this would their political leanings. They to 35, 5-y-o & over: Just Fabulous (Suraj Narredu) 4. Lnk, 3-1/2 and 2. to 35, 5-y-o & over: Diamond matches were set to start, for- Coorg thrashed Hockey Gu- open doors for them to compete showed documents, photographs are ready for talks, but the UCA is (B. Harish) 1, Real Generous 1m 23.78s. Rs. 24 (w), 13, 31 and 38 (p), Green (Srinath) 1, Indian Brahmos cing the referee to reschedule not ready for it. “Any number of (Jagadeesh) 2, Perfect Queen (Md. SHP: Rs. 109, FP: Rs. 175, Q: Rs. 149, (Nitin Singh) 2, Feet On Fire (Ar- jarat 17-0, in the B-division of with the best in the country, the and everything to claim they are Trinella: Rs. 2,697 and Rs. 806, Ex- the matches for Sunday people can claim to be Hesnain) 3 and Atlantic City (A. shad Alam) 3 and Beauty Is Truth the National sub-junior quarrel between associations in the the real association. Ramu) 4. Snk, 2 and 2-3/4. 1m 14.04s. acta: Rs. 5,817 and Rs. 1,994. Favour- (Irvan Singh) 4. 1-1/2, 1 and ¾. 1m morning. hockey tournament for wo- representatives of Uttarakhand, but ite: Bold Command. Owners: Mr. 14.56s. Rs. 23 (w), 15, 19 and 25 (p), With the next tournament State, owing allegiance to different “They refused to budge. We also Rs. 173 (w), 43, 45 and 21 (p), SHP: Rs. men here on Friday. there are only two. We run all 117, FP: Rs. 1,874, Q: Rs. 1,063, M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of SHP: Rs. 65, FP: Rs. 154, Q: Rs. 74, scheduled to be in Delhi, the political parties, has not helped met R.P. Eswaran (father of Bengal Chettinad Charitable Trust rep by. The results: B-div.: Mumbai cricket activities here.” Trinella: Rs. 31,193 and Rs. 8,021, Ex- Trinella: Rs. 342 and Rs. 180, Exacta: players may not find it that matters. batsman Abhimanyu Eswaran) who acta: Rs. 1,05,423 and Rs. 45,181. Fa- Mr. A.C. Muthiah. Trainer: S. Rs. 2,134 and Rs. 1,078. Favourite: School Sports Association 1 (Esther Ganapathy. hard to tackle subsequent BCCI officials have visited owns a ground and has done vourite: Arziki. Owners: Mr. Diamond Green. Owners: Mr. A.V. Mathew) bt Goan Hockey 0; Hockey Tough task ahead 5. BANGALORE OAKS Rukhana, Mrs. A.V. Rukhana, Ms. travel. Dehradun with the aim bringing wonderful things for the game Manjunatha N. & Mr. S. Athresh. Pudhucherry 3 (M. Logisha 2, E. Sub- The Committee of Trainer: Prasanna Kumar. (2,400m), 4-y-o, fillies, (Terms): Ice Minal A. Rukhana & Mr. H.A. Dhruv Sunish and Mahak about a rapprochement between there. Everyone talks highly of him Glacier (Arazan – Icebreaker) Rukhana. Trainer: F. Sirajuddin. asri) bt Citizen Hockey XI 0; Kerala Administrators that will come into 2. RANGANATHITTU Jain had made the boys’ and the warring groups. but they don’t want to come PLATE (1,400m), rated 15 to 35: David Allan 1, 8. KANCHANAGANGA Hockey 4 (M.T. Abirami, S.R. Varsha, place in January 19 will probably girls’ finals on Friday. together for the sake of cricket. We Ark Royal (Suraj Narredu) 1, Jack Talladega (Win Legend – PLATE (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, R.S. Arathy, Tintu Mol Tomy) bt Tel- “Uttarakhand has suffered for 15 get the same response as Dixit and Of Hearts (A. Imran Khan) 2, Eleg- Hauhaiwunai) Suraj Narredu 2, 5-y-o & over: Possimpossible (Suraj The results: Semifinals: Boys: angana Hockey 0; Hockey Bhopal 2 years; a generation of cricketers have given a report accordingly to Gaekwad received. ant Star (T.S. Jodha) 3 and Rocket Adulation (China Visit – Alti- Narredu) 1, I’ve Got Clout (T.S. Jack Draper (GBR) bt Siddhant (Soni Ladwal, Priyanka Dogra) bt The has been lost. We hear that there the BCCI,” said Dixit. Mizoram is another State that’s Man (A. Ramu) 4. Not run: Internal mara) Cedric Segeon 3 and Jodha) 2, Desert Gilt (Nazerul Banthia 2-6, 7-5, 6-0; Dhruv Sunish are four associations backed by the Afair, Trojan and Ira. 2, 12-1/4 and Geranium (Mastercraftsman – Alam) 3 and Leon (R. Pradeep) 4. Mumbai Hockey Association 1 (Pal- According to Eswaran, there are been accorded full membership 1-1/2. 1m 25.76s. Rs. 13 (w), 11, 18 and Kirtle) Neeraj 4. Not run: Kristine Lnk, 7-1/4 and 3-1/2. 1m 25.98s. Rs. 34 bt Sergey Fomin (Uzb) 7-5, 6-3. Girls: lavi Shelar); Hockey Coorg 17 (B. Ris- Congress, BJP, former Test opener four associations — Cricket with voting rights but the BCCI has 26 (p), SHP: Rs. 34, FP: Rs. 40, Q: Rs. and Watchmyscript. 4-1/2, 4-1/2 and (w), 16, 18 and 27 (p), SHP: Rs. 58, FP: Mahak Jain bt Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) chika Thimmaiah 5, Padmavathi S. Chetan Chauhan and one Association of Uttarakhand (CAU), dilly-dallied and refrained from 39, Trinella: Rs. 159 and Rs. 84, Ex- 4. 2m 32.80s. Rs. 15 (w), 12 and 48 (p), Rs. 107, Q: Rs. 67, Trinella: Rs. 846 6-2, 6-2; Axana Mareen (Bel) bt Rhea purportedly supported by Sharad Uttrakhand Cricket Association, taking a call. acta: Rs. 495 and Rs. 209. Favourite: SHP: Rs. 79, FP: Rs. 82, Q: Rs. 57, and Rs. 334, Exacta: Rs. 3,336 and Rs. Madli 4, K.R. Bhoomika 3, G.S. Kavya Ark Royal. Owners: United Racing Trinella: Rs. 564 and Rs. 225, Exacta: 1,245. Favourite: Possimpossible. Verma 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Finals: 3, M.G. Dhanya, B.Y. Ganavi) bt Pawar’s National Congress Party United Cricket Association and one It would be interesting to see & Bloodstock Breeders Ltd rep by. Rs. 1,973 and Rs. 324. Favourite: Ice Owner: Mr. Gautam Makhija. Boys: Ulsung Park (Kor) & Huua- Hockey Gujarat 0; Hockey HIM 6 (NCP). more backed by Pawar’s NCP. “Our how the COA deals with difficult Mr & Mrs. Vijay Mallya. Trainer: Glacier. Owners: Byramjee Jeejeeb- Trainer: Imtiaz Khan. Chen Yu (Tpe) bt Jack Draper (GBR) (Ankita Dahiya 3, Jyoti, Srishti Bhojgi, “Former BCCI presidents tried cricketers do not get opportunities. situations in other north-eastern Irfan Ghatala. hoy Pvt Ltd rep by. Mr. Byram N. Jackpot: Rs. 1,109 (506 tkts); Run- & Vasisht Cheruku 6-3, 3-6, [10-7]. A handful of players in three age 3. MADRAS AUCTION SALE Jeejeebhoy, Poonawalla Racing & ner up: Rs. 150 (1,607 tkts); Treble Girls: Kuan Yi Lee (Tpe) & Manan- Arti Kasyap) bt Hockey Himachal their best but nothing has States where cricket activities are TROPHY (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o Breed Ltd rep by. Mr. Zavaray S. (i): Rs. 129 (145 tkts); (ii): Rs. 383 (62 Pradesh 1 (Neha Takur). happened and the players are groups get selected for Uttar minimal. only, (Terms): Lord Buckingham Poonawalla & Ms. Simone Poon- tkts). chaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Esther Adeshina & Gemma Heath (GBR) 3-6, 6-3, [10-5]. — Sports Bureau Skipper Smith warns of TENNIS FOOTBALL ‘diicult series’ in India Gasquet sets up Bagan looks more sorted on paper Brabourne opens Y.B. SARANGI Sunday evening. thrown out of the I-League up the gates for SYDNEY: Skipper Steve Smith is and has lost the last seven. “It French triumph On paper, Mohun Bagan, the after failing to meet the club li- switching his focus to the dii- helps in a way (with the new BARASAT: Even before the kick- 2016 I-League runner-up and censing criteria in 2014 and India-A match cult challenges confronting his guys), but the guys also haven’t PERTH: Richard Gasquet led “We are very proud, we are of, Mohun Bagan’s season- Federation Cup winner, looks made a return this year in un- new revamped team in India experienced the conditions as France to its second title at the a very good team. That’s why opener has brought enough more sorted than its Goan usual circumstances. MUMBAI: The Cricket Club of after polishing of a Test series well which is going to be a tough mixed teams Hopman Cup on we won (the doubles) four embarrassment for the 2015 rival. According to keen followers India (CCI) is going all out to clean sweep over Pakistan on one too,” Smith told reporters Saturday. times in a row.” champion. With Eduardo Ferreira, the of the game, at present make the two warm-up games Saturday. after the win. The 30-year-old gave the In a see-sawing opening The shifting of Bagan’s defender from FC Pune City in Churchill may not be at its between India-A and England Smith has led Australia to “It's a completely diferent French the lead in the title rubber, the 30-year-old Gas- home venue from the Ra- the 2016 Indian Super League, best. a great hit. four Test victories and a three- place to play, playing on those match against USA with a quet seemed beaten when a bindra Sarobar Stadium to the joining Darryl Dufy, Sony M.S. Dhoni will captain In- game one-day series win over wickets is nothing like playing brave win in the singles double-fault handed the 23rd- Vidyasagar Stadium here due Norde and Katsumi Yusa, No overseas recruits dia-A in the first match on New Zealand since the nadir of here in Australia. against Jack Sock, before dom- ranked Sock a break of serve to the National Green Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen With Trinidad and Tobago January 10 and Ajinkya Rahane an innings debacle to lose the “Guys will have to adapt inating the deciding mixed for a 6-5 lead in the third set. Tribunal’s order was a double should not have any problem World cupper Anthony Wolfe will take over for the second home series against South quickly and find a way to be suc- doubles as he and Kristina Sock thought he had finally trouble for the ‘host’. in selecting his four yet to join the side, the Goan on January 12. Africa in Hobart in November. cessful in those conditions.” Mladenovic clinched a 2-1 cracked the match open, but Apart from facing a cribbing foreigners. outfit will have no overseas re- “Preparations are in full Smith said having a new set of Smith, who was a member of triumph. Gasquet then returned the fa- visiting side Churchill Broth- The team, which loves to cruits for its first match. It will swing. Dhoni is a legend, and players may help deal with the the Australia team that was Twice Sock appeared to vour to break back to love. ers, which could not train at play with intensity, would take depend on its local talent, such he could be playing his last mental scars of past tours to In- hammered 4-0 in India in 2013, have Gasquet down for the the venue on the eve of the inspiration from the backing as defender Rowilson Rodrig- match at the Brabourne Sta- dia, where Australia has not said he was anticipating a test- count in the singles rubber but Quick lead match, Bagan hardly had the of its die-hard fans. They ues and midfielders Nicholas dium on January 10. Entry is won a Test match since 2004 ing time ahead. — AFP the World No. 18 dug deep and Gasquet raced to a 4-1 lead home advantage without any braved the rains to celebrate Fernandes and Brandon going to be free, and we expect won in three sets. in the tie-breaker, but Sock practice time on the synthetic Bagan’s success at its Maidan Fernandes, to keep Bagan at around 20,000 spectators for CoCo Vandeweghe then then won four points in suc- turf here. tent here a few months ago and bay. the match,” said CCI executive VARIETY beat Mladenovic in straight cession. With both sides on an even would love to see the green- Amidst all challenges, coach committee member Sachin sets to level the tie. The American even held keel, the team that adapts and-maroon brigade seize ini- Alfred Fernandes would be Bajaj. The BCCI will reim- The tournament came down match-point, but it was Gas- quickly to the conditions and tiative against Churchill. keen to see Churchill make a burse the CCI for match-re- SU | DO | KU to the mixed doubles, played quet who converted his first gets its combinations right Two-time champion positive start to its I-League lated expenses. — Special under the Fast Four format, chance for a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6) win should dictate terms on Churchill Brothers was campaign. Correspondent and both sides carried un- in two hours and 30 minutes. beaten records going into the The Frenchman said he final. simply tried to keep the pres- BASKETBALL TABLE TENNIS Gasquet again rose to the sure on Sock. occasion with some brilliant The 36th-ranked shots as the French won 4-1, Vandeweghe produced one of 4-3(5-0). her best singles performances Grizzlies rally to Rajasthan and It was France’s second suc- of the week to beat World No. cess at the Hopman Cup, after 43 Mladenovic 6-4, 7-5. beat Warriors Uttar Pradesh Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alize The results: Final: France bt USA Cornet had won it in 2014. 2-1 [Richard Gasquet bt Jack Sock LOS ANGELES: Memphis Grizz- ards with 22 points as Wash- “A lot of great players have 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6); Kristina Mladenovic lies completed a dramatic ington won its ninth straight boys in last eight won here, so that’s why we’re lost to CoCo Vandeweghe 6-4, 7-5; comeback with a dominating home game. happy to have our names on Gasquet & Mladenovic bt Sock & overtime performance on Fri- In New York, Kyrie Irving VADODARA: Rajasthan and UP UP bt Haryana 3-1 [Arjun Kohli lost the cup,” Gasquet said. Vandeweghe 4-1, 4-3(5-0)]. — AFP day to beat two-time defend- hit two clutch three-pointers boys advanced to the to Gourang Shakreja 10-12, 7-11, 8-11; ing Western Conference early in the fourth quarter as quarterfinals of the 11Even Abhinav Belwal bt Paras Madan 11-7, champion Golden State War- the Cleveland Cavaliers blew Sports 78th junior and youth 11-9, 11-3; Abhinav bt Ayush Tayal riors for the second time this most of a 24-point lead before National championships at 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Sarthak Seth bt Ayush season. pulling out a 116-108 victory the SAMA Indoor Complex, 11-4, 14-12, 11-7]. Marc Gasol and Zach Ran- over Brooklyn. Vadodara, on Saturday, ac- Girls: Youth: AAI bt Andhra 3-2 dolph combined for four bas- In Boston, Al Horford made cording to information re- [Ayhika Mukherjee bt Kajol Ramjali kets on Memphis' first four up for a lacklustre first three ceived here. 11-5, 14-12, 11-8; Archana Kamat Gir- possessions of overtime as quarters by scoring 14 points ish lost to Shailu Basha 8-11, 9-11, 9- Grizzlies rallied from a 24- in the fourth, including a AAI, Bengal girls advance 11; Frenaz Chipia lost to B. Nagas- point deficit in the third clutch three pointer with 17 Airports Authority of India ravani 8-11, 11-4, 10-12, 7-11. quarter to win 128-119. seconds left as the Boston (AAI) and West Bengal pro- Archana bt Kajol 12-10, 11-7, 11-5; Celtics beat the Philadelphia gressed to the last-eight stage Ayhika bt Shailu 11-4, 11-6, 11-6]. Wizards survive scare 76ers 110-106. in the girls’ section. West Bengal bt Haryana 3-2 The results: LA Lakers 127 bt The results [Surbhi Patwari bt Suhana Saini 6-11, Sudoku is a mind game and a Elsewhere, John Wall tallied (pre-quarterfinals): puzzle that you solve with 18 points and had a season- Miami 100; Memphis 128 bt Golden 11-5, 12-10, 11-9. reasoning and logic. high 18 assists as the Washing- State Warriors 119; LA Clippers 106 Boys: Youth: Rajasthan bt Moumita Dutta lost to Riti Fill in the grid with digits in such a ton Wizards survived a 41- bt Sacramento 98; NY Knicks 116 bt Karnataka 3-0 [Pankaj Vishwakarma Shankar 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 12-14, 3-11; manner that every row, every point performance from An- Milwaukee 111; Boston 110 bt Phil- bt Rakshit Barigidad 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, Priyadarshini Das bt Shelley Khandel- column and every 3x3 box A PROUD TRADITION: Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic drew Wiggins with a 112-105 adelphia 106; Cleveland 116 bt Brook- 11-3, 11-5; Shubham Ojah bt Shreyas wal 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4; Surbhi lost accommodates the digits 1 to 9, underlined France’s status as a team tennis superpower by win over the Minnesota lyn 108; Washington 112 bt Min- Kulkarni 5-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-5; Asif to Riti 11-5, 7-11, 3-11, 4-11; Moumita without repeating any. clinching the nation’s second Hopman Cup. Timberwolves. nesota 105; Houston 100 bt Orlando Khan bt Rohan Jamadagni 11-5, 11-8, bt Suhana 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6]. — — PHOTO: PAUL KANE/GETTY IMAGES Bradley Beal led the Wiz- 93. — AFP 5-11, 11-7]. Sports Bureau

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 SPORT 19 Scripting a redemption Chennai Open Medvedev fights back from the brink stringer for story of his own Australian Open The Russian saves second-set match-point to beat Sela; Bautista Agut eases past Paire S. DIPAK RAGAV CHENNAI: Shivakumar Palani is N. SUDARSHAN quite possibly the only person who CHENNAI: In April 2016, even as has attended every single day of CHENNAI: For Daniil Medvedev, he was making steady pro- the 21 years the Chennai Open has 2016 was a year of firsts. The gress through the ranks, Daniil been in existence. 20-year-old Russian made his Medvedev hit a major The former player, who is now a ATP Tour debut at Nice, got a roadblock. coach, has been the tournament’s taste of Grand Slam qualifying He was ignominiously dis- official stringer for a while now. at Wimbledon and reached an qualified at a a Challenger In two weeks’ time, he heads to ATP 250 quarterfinal in tournament for ‘questioning Melbourne to be part of the Moscow. the impartiality of the umpire Daniil Medvedev. Australian Open where he will be Through the last two years, on the basis of race’. During a — PHOTO: R. RAGU one of 50 stringers working for he has improved his ranking by match against Donald Young, Yonex, the tournament’s official more than 500 places, all the an African-American, Medve- is not ideal.” stringing partner. way up to his current position dev told chair umpire Sandy He added that the Russian “Yonex came to know about my of 99. French, also black: “I know federation ought to do more credentials and approached Yonex On Saturday, at the Aircel that you are friends. I am sure for player development. India,” said Shivakumar, explaining Chennai Open, he reached his about it.” “They support the ones at the how this came about. “I also felt it first-ever Tour final, beating The tournament director in- top first and then us,” he said. is time to keep moving. I am proud Dudi Sela 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 at the tervened, and Young was “But it should be the other way of it.” — Sports Reporter Aircel Chennai Open. awarded the match and the around.” “No matter what I do, how Russian defaulted. On Saturday, he took a big many ever titles I win in the fu- He was ranked 260 in the stride towards marking him- Djokovic stops ture, I’ll never forget this world then. self out as a name to look out place,” he said after the win. However, Medvedev put for. By beating Dudi Sela at the Murray In the final, he meets second the incident behind him, and Chennai Open, he is now in his seed Roberto Bautista Agut, climbed 161 places to finish first ever Tour final. DOHA: Novak Djokovic brought who, after a 2016 in the top-100. For the trivia bufs, Medve- World No. 1 Andy Murray’s 28- harrowing “I made a mistake, I have dev had a part to play a part in match winning streak to an end examination learnt from it,” Medvedev told what was perhaps the tennis with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 win in Doha of his title reporters here. “I started to story of the year. It was Med- on Saturday to retain the Qatar credentials play good tennis after that, so I vedev that the then World No. Open title. against HISTORIC: Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan will now meet Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in what will be the first ever don’t [think too much about 772 Marcus Willis beat in the In the Brisbane Interna- Mikhail it].” final qualifying round to make all-Indian final at an ATP 250 event. — PHOTO: R. RAGU tional, Sania Mirza picked up Youzhny in Medvedev’s ascent has been the Wimbledon main draw, her first title of the season, the previous crack is an indication of what Sela who had his nose ahead. tie-break, where he allowed “It can’t get better,” said on the basis of consistent per- where he famously went on to combining with American round, came he is made of. In fact, it was a He broke Medvedev at 3-3, and Sela only two points. Bopanna. formance rather than a single play Roger Federer on Centre Bethanie Mattek-Sands. through unscathed against flash-in-the-pan result. Court in the second round. quality which he showed all went on to take the set 6-4. The end came rather “I don’t think there has ever The pair beat Russian team Benoit Paire, winning 6-3, 6-3. through. However, the Russian’s relent- been an all-Indian final. It “I really liked how it (2016) But, come Sunday, the Rus- of Ekaterina Makarova and Medvedev’s victory, though, quickly. Sela conceded serve in went. I didn’t have one amaz- sian will have a chance to Serving at 2-2 in the first set, less attacking ensured he hung shows that these guys are right Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3. did not come easy. In Sela, he the very first game of the third ing result and then have noth- script a redemption story of he was down 0-40 but man- in there. up there, fighting week in and The results: At Doha: Qatar had an opponent who was on a set. From there he started to ing else through the year, like his own. aged to wriggle out of that hole, week out.” Open: Novak Djokovic bt Andy Mur- mission himself. In his 15-year Early in the second set, he wilt. In the return game imme- some other guys,” the 20-year- hitting four winners, no less. ray 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. career, Sela has reached a Tour went up 3-1. diately after, he did hold two THE RESULTS old said. “I was stable and con- At Brisbane: Brisbane Interna- final only twice before. And Pinned to any corner of the The tie played out to no dis- break-points. But it just proved sistent in my game.” Order of play tional: Men: Semifinals: Kei court, he always seemed to to be the dying fire. when he held a match-point on cernible pattern. Sela first re- Semifinals: Daniil Medvedev Medvedev, seen as one of (5 p.m. start) Nishikori bt Stan Wawrinka 7-6(3), have a point-ending shot up his his serve at 5-4 in the second stored parity and then man- In the doubles semifinal, Ro- (Rus) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 4-6, 7-6 (2), the future flag-bearers of Rus- ț 6-3; Grigor Dimitrov bt Milos Raonic sleeve. He drives a hard fore- Centre Court: Roberto set, he came within striking aged to go 5-4 up. It was in the han Bopanna and Jeevan Ned- 6-2; Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) bt sian tennis, is now based in 7-6(7), 6-2. Women: Final: Karolina hand and an even harder Bautista Agut (Esp) vs. Daniil distance of another shot at sal- ensuing game that he held a unchezhiyan notched up an Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-3, 6-3. France. Pliskova bt Alize Cornet 6-0, 6-3. double-handed backhand. Medvedev (Rus); Purav Raja vation — that of getting into match-point at 40-30. Medve- impressive 7-6(4), 6-4 win over Doubles: Rohan Bopanna & “It is impossible to train in & Divij Sharan vs. Rohan Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & another final, and, may be, go- What followed was a see- dev, as was his wont, daringly Nicholas Monroe and Artem Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Nicholas Russia as you get older,” Med- Bopanna & Jeevan Sania Mirza bt Ekaterina Makarova & ing on to win a title. saw battle. went for a backhand winner Sitak to set up a final against Monroe (USA) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) 7- vedev said. “For nine months Nedunchezhiyan. Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3. — That Medvedev did not For a set and a half it was and succeeded. He took it to a Purav Raja and Divij Sharan. 6(4), 6-4 we have to play indoors, which Agencies FOOTBALL Bukenya saves East Bengal’s blushes AMITABHA DAS SHARMA Aizawl could well have Udanta stars as BFC begins with a bang ț East Bengal started with made it 2-0 but Alfred Jaryan’s KOLKATA: Ivan Bukenya scored one foreigner in Haitian header early in the second half SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA full-backs while a third sign- the rebound into the post. the equaliser a minute from Wedson Anselme came of the crosspiece. ing, Lenny Rodrigues, occu- Lyngdoh could have scored the end to help East Bengal With the team’s attack mak- BENGALURU: Udanta Singh pied central midfield. another as BFC went into the hold Aizawl FC 1-1 in the open- ing little headway, East Bengal ing match of the Hero I- around the half-hour mark, the ofered yet another glimpse of Lajong defended stoutly as break perhaps a little first session ended in an anti- coach Trevor Morgan was his vast potential as Bengaluru BFC tried and failed to get be- frustrated. League at the Vidyasagar Sta- practically forced to employ dium, Barasat on Saturday. climax with Gurwinder Singh FC began its I-League cam- hind the defence. That resist- On the other side of the in- scoring the own-goal. the full quota of foreigners in paign on a rousing note at the ance was broken, however, on terval, though, Roca's men The Ugandan defender, the second half. Aizawl forward Jayesh Rane Sree Kanteerava Stadium here 26 minutes. played with an increased flu- who came in as a late substi- Trinidad & Tobago striker on Saturday. A BFC corner was headed ency. A shot from Chhetri tute, made the perfect debut found colleague Stephane Bayi inside the East Bengal Willis Plaza, who arrived The young attacker scored a out before Daniel Lalhlimpuia whistled wide of the post and a for East Bengal as he cancelled barely 48 hours before the brace before Lalhmangaih- — who has to grab his oppor- second goal appeared around out the own-goal scored by the box, but the latter ran into three defenders. match, replaced Jackichand sanga Ralte's stunning long- tunities this season — swung a the corner. man he replaced — Gurwinder Singh. range efort led the defending cross in from the left. Goal- Udanta duly scored, con- Singh. Plaza almost found the tar- champion to a 3-0 win over keeper Vishal Kaith rushed trolling a fine ball over the top Starting with just one for- Own goal get in the 80th minute but for a Shillong Lajong. out and flapped helplessly as a from Lyngdoh before driving eigner in Haitian Wedson An- Just as the Ivory Coast spectacular save by Gomes. It is clear BFC holds Udanta scramble ensued inside the in from the right and finishing selme, East Bengal hit the striker was searching for a cor- in high regard, and the 20- CATCHING THE EYE: Udanta Singh (left) begins Bengaluru FC’s box. Udanta pounced on the with his left. doldrums in the opening half ridor Gurwinder ended up Finally, Bukenya found the sending the ball into his own equaliser in the 89th minute year-old did not disappoint on scoring against Shillong Lajong. — PHOTO: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY loose ball and scored. Ralte, who had impressed at which saw more of midfield the night, breaking the dead- After the goal, BFC left-back all evening, capped activity. goal in the haste to clear it. nodding home a corner from lock in the first half and later players who can run [at de- though, the home team breached the Lajong defence of his excellent debut with a The first attempt came in East Bengal had to work ex- Abinash Ruidas to save the day sealing the outcome with a fenders]. He showed he can struggled to impose its will on with increasing regularity. Eu- corker from 30 yards. the 15th minute, but Anselme’s tremely hard to neutralise for East Bengal. tidy finish. do that; he can go deep. He's the game. The lack of total co- geneson Lyngdoh, who played The result: Bengaluru FC 3 (Ud- efort went straight to Aizawl Gurwinder’s mistake as Aiz- The result: “He did a very good job young; he can be a good player hesion was perhaps under- as a number 10 on the night, anta Singh Kumam 26, 68; Lalhman- goalkeeper Albino Gomes. awl tightened its defence, em- East Bengal 1 (Ivan Bukenya 89) today,” BFC head coach Albert for the National team as well.” standable; injuries had forced missed from point blank range gaihsanga Ralte 79) bt Shillong La- After the Haitian forward ploying more men in the back drew with Aizawl FC 1 (Gurwinder Roca said later. “We need In the opening minutes, Albert Roca to field two new before Sunil Chhetri drilled jong 0. had missed another chance after the break. Singh 45+1-og). Madrid demolishes Granada MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo Madrid including Luis Figo, paraded his fourth Ballon d’Or Ronaldo, Michael Owen and and powered home his first his coach Zinedine Zidane be- goal of 2017 as Real Madrid fore kick-of. And Real’s re- equalled Barcelona’s Spanish lentless run continued once record 39-game unbeaten run the action got underway as with a 5-0 demolition of they scored four in the open- Granada on Saturday. ing half-hour. The Portuguese was hon- The result: Real Madrid 5 (Isco oured by previous Ballon d’Or 12, 31, Benzema 20, Ronaldo 27, winners to have played for Casemiro 58) bt Granada 0. — AFP

PRO WRESTLING LEAGUE Mumbai earns first points UTHRA GANESAN Youngster Sarita, who had lost her previous bout, seemed NEW DELHI: Mumbai Maharathi not only more determined to earned its first points in the prove herself but also appeared second season of the Pro to draw strength from the fact Wrestling League with a 5-2 that her opponent Manisha was win against UP Dangal. a last-minute replacement for UP also sufered a major set- Geeta in the 58kg, decimating back, losing both Geeta and her 9-1 in the fifth bout of the Babita Phogat for the tie. day to clinch the tie for Mum- While no reasons were spe- bai. Starting with a point after cified for Phogat sisters’ ab- Manisha was penalised for sence from the line-up, the duo passivity, Sarita took her down is unlikely to take any further for two more points and there- part in the competition, having after, it was a one-way street, been replaced by Manisha and twisting and rolling Manisha Pinki. Geeta had not particip- over to complete her triumph. ated at all so far, Babita had The only wins for UP, mean- been humiliated by Swedish while, came through Andrey former World and European Kviatkovski in the 65kg cat- champion Sofia Mattsson in 46 egory and Amit Dahiya in the seconds in her previous bout. 57kg. London Olympian The absence reflected in the Dahiya edged past Rahul team’s performance, even as Aware 2-3 in the dying mo- Mumbai captain Erica Wiebe ments of the match. continued her unbeaten run in Azerbaijan’s Jabrayil Has- the PWL, registering her third anov beat Georgian Tariel win in as many bouts to beat Gaprindashvili 3-1 in the 74kg. Belarussian Maria Mamashuk Pritam tied 3-3 with Amit 4-0 in the 75kg category. Dhankar in the 70kg but won In a repeat of the Rio the bout by scoring the last Olympics title clash, Canadian point, and Carolina Castillo of Wiebe proved why she is rated Columbia upset Rio bronze so highly, dominating Maria all medallist Elitsa Yankova of through the bout and mixing up Bulgaria 3-1 in the 48kg even as her attacking manoeuvres with the latter walked of without a strong defence and upper waiting for an oicial decision body strength that gave her op- in protest towards Mumbai’s ponent no chance. other wins. CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 20 | LIFE THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 Beat poet David Meltzer passes away at 79 Hubble spots exocomets plunging into star New Chucky movie announced in teaser David Meltzer, a Beat poet who appeared in an NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered An entertainment company has announced Cult of influential anthology in his early 20s and went on exocomets plunging into a 23-million-year-old Chucky through a teaser trailer, the seventh to complete more than 50 books, has died at 79. star located 95 light years from Earth. instalment of the horror movie franchise.

Singhbury’s vs STAR TREK Sainsbury’s A novel electrode for lithium batteries Red carpets make me nervous, says Dev Patel name row in U.K. IIT Madras team enhances capacity retention of anode material in the charging device four-fold e is one of the nominees at this year’s Golden Globes, but British-Indian star Dev Patel says he does not enjoy walking LONDON: Indian-origin shop- R. PRASAD tially exfoliated carbon nan- author of the paper. owners are locked in a nam- otubes are quite similar to a “We have clubbed the two Hthe red carpet as it makes him nervous. Patel, however, is ing row with one of Britain’s CHENNAI: A team of research- few-layered graphene,” says storage mechanisms — lith- looking forward to celebrating the biggest retail chains, Sains- ers at the Indian Institute of Mr. Raghu. ium ion insertion reaction acclaim his film Lion has received. “Red bury’s, after they decided to Technology (IIT) Madras To enhance the capacity from the lithium ion battery carpets make me very nervous. It’s a big name their local store in have been able to enhance even further, the researchers and sulphur redox reaction source of anxiety for me, but it is a South-East England the capacity retention of an- incorporated sulphur in the from the lithium sulphur bat- necessary part of the job,” Patel said. The Singhbury’s. ode material in lithium ion exfoliated layers. The theor- tery — in one battery. That’s 26-year-old actor has been nominated in Co-owners Inderjit Singh batteries four-fold compared etical capacity of sulphur is why we are able to achieve the best supporting actor category at the Nagpal and Manmeed Singh to commercially available very high (1,675 mAh/g). So high-capacity retention even Globes on Sunday for playing the true-life Bhatia had put up the lithium batteries. the team wanted to take ad- after 10,000 cycles at high inspired role of Indian-born Australian “Singhbury’s Local” sign on The team was able to de- vantage of this property of current density,” says Ms. businessman Saroo Brierley. Patel, who their store in Aylesbury, velop a novel composite that sulphur. Gangadharan. shot to global fame with 2008 movie Buckinghamshire, last Feb- can deliver specific capacity “We have already patented Slumdog Millionaire, and has starred in films like The Best Exotic ruary. The lettering and col- retention of 1,120 mAh/g CHARGED UP: (From left) Prof. Sundara Ramaprabhu, Ananya Mechanisms clubbed our anode material. We are Marigold Hotel and The Man Who Knew Infinity, says he never our were very similar to after 10,000 cycles, and work Gangadharan and Sripada Raghu, who developed the higher Besides getting inserted now trying to combine the imagined that Lion would touch so many people with its story of a man in search of his roots. “It is a very small film. We never imagined Sainsbury’s Local signs at high current density (abil- battery capacity retention process. — PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT into the layers of exfoliated anode with suitable cathodes across the U.K. ity to draw more current carbon nanotube, the lithium and test the enhancement in being on the international stage. We just made it with a lot of heart “The first part of the name from a cell within a short anode is an issue. Also, the foliated carbon nanotubes,” ions interact with sulphur in eiciency and capacity re- and then it resonated with so many people,” he said. — PTI is Singh, for our names, and time) with long life cycle by lithium ions that get inserted says Sripada Raghu from the a chain of reactions, leading tention so we can replace the the second is bury for Ayles- combining two types of lith- into the carbon nanotube Department of Physics, IIT to the formation of lithium commercial anodes with bury. We used the colour or- ium ion storage mechanisms. during charging do not fully Madras, and one of the au- polysulphides. Higher-order ours,” says Prof. Sundara Carrie Fisher’s ashes stored in giant Prozac pill ange because that is the col- The results were published come out during discharge. thors of the paper. The un- polysulphides are initially Ramaprabhu from the same arrie Fisher’s ashes were buried alongside her mother Debbie our of our Sikh religion,” in the Journal of Materials So, not all lithium ions inser- zipping does not afect the formed and later the stable department and the corres- Reynolds inside a giant Prozac pill. Todd Fisher was claimed Mr. Nagpal. Chemistry A. ted into carbon nanotube core of the CNT structure, lower-order polysulphides ponding author of the paper. Cphotographed carrying his sister’s ashes in a giant Prozac pill, After photographs of the Compared with graphite, comes out to contribute to which renders very good are formed. “Work is currently on to which was turned into an urn. Carrie Fisher died on December 27 last store began circulating on carbon nanotube (CNT) has the useful capacity. electrical conductivity, while “The lower-order poly- further enhance the capacity year at the age of 60, following social media, its co-owners several advantages as an an- “We overcame this by us- the partially exfoliated outer sulphides are desirable,” ac- and use the material as an a heart attack on a plane. Her were contacted by Sains- ode material. However, the ing carbon nanotubes with a layers have very good ability cording to Ananya electrode in both lithium ion mother, Debbie Reynolds, bury’s, asking them to take eiciency (or irreversible ca- few layers unzipped, which to store lithium ions. Gangadharan from the phys- and lithium sulphur batter- passed away just a day later, down the sign. — PTI pacity) of carbon nanotube can be called as partially ex- “The outer layers of par- ics department, and the first ies,” he said. aged 84, after suffering a stroke. A joint funeral for the mother and the daughter was held on Friday. “Carrie’s favourite possession was a China setting up highest altitude telescopes close to LAC giant Prozac pill she bought many years ago. A big pill. She BEIJING: China is setting up the Tibetan prefecture at Chi- tional wave observatory is an meter Gravitational-Wave loved it, and it was in her house, and Billie and I felt it was where she’d world’s highest altitude grav- na’s border with India. estimated 130 million yuan Observatory announced want to be,” etonline.com quoted Todd as saying. — IANS itational wave telescopes in a The telescope, located ($18.8 million). proof of the waves’ existence, Tibet prefecture close to the 5,250 meters above sea level, The project was initiated spurring fresh research in- Line of Actual Control will detect and gather pre- by the Institute of High En- terest among the world’s Martin Scorsese scraps Frank Sinatra biopic (LAC) with India, with a cise data on primordial grav- ergy Physics, National As- scientists. ilmmaker Martin Scorsese has abandoned plans to direct a budget of $18.8 million to de- itational waves in the North- tronomical Observatories, Last September, China long-awaited Frank Sinatra biopic. The Wolf of Wall Street tect the faintest of echoes ern Hemisphere. and Shanghai Institute of Mi- commissioned the world’s Fdirector, who signed on to develop the film in 2009, wanted Al resonating from the uni- crosystem and Information largest radio telescope in a Pacino to play Ol’ Blue Eyes and Robert De Niro to portray his Rat Pack verse, which may reveal To be operational by 2021 Technology, among others, mountainous region of sidekick Dean Martin. Frequent Scorsese collaborator Leonardo more about the Big Bang It is expected to be opera- the report said. southwest China’s Guizhou DiCaprio was also linked to the role, but he theory. tional by 2021, state-run Xin- Ngari, with its high alti- Province to search for more revealed he had no plans to appear in the film. Construction has started hua news agency reported. tude, clear sky and minimal strange objects space, gain The 74-year-old director now said he had for the first telescope, code- Mr. Yao said the second human activity is said to be better understand the origin shelved plans to develop the film over named Ngari No. 1, 30 km phase involves a series of one of the world’s best spots of the universe and to boost objections from the Sinatra family. “I think it south of Shiquanhe Town in telescopes, code-named to detect tiny twists in cos- the global hunt for extrater- is finally over. [The estate] won’t agree to it. Ngari Prefecture, said Yao Ngari No. 2, to be located mic light. EXTRATERRESTRIAL QUEST: The 500 m diameter radio telescope restrial life. Open it up again and I’m there!” Field of Yongqiang chief researcher about 6,000 meters above Mr. Yao said the Ngari ob- installed in Guizhou province last June. — FILE PHOTO: AP The installation of the Dreams screenwriter Phil Alden with the National Astronom- sea level. servatory will be among the telescope’s main structure — Robinson was working on a script, but ical Observatories of the He did not give a time world’s top primordial grav- ity in Chile’s Atacama stein’s theory of general re- a 4,450-panel reflector as Scorsese said they weren’t able to Chinese Academy of frame for the construction of itational wave observation Desert. lativity 100 years ago, but it large as 30 football pitches move past the screenplay Sciences. Ngari No. 2. The budget for bases, alongside the South Gravitational waves were wasn’t until 2016 that scient- was built at unique valley in development phase. — PTI Parts of Nagri is last the two-phase Ngari gravita- Pole Telescope and the facil- first proposed by Albert Ein- ists with the Laser Interfero- Guizhou Province. — PTI

Standing still Astronauts spacewalk to upgrade station

WASHINGTON: Two American use — until at least 2024. astronauts ventured outside Mr. Kimbrough and Ms. the International Space Sta- Whitson were assisted by tion on Friday to upgrade European Space Agency as- the orbiting outpost’s elec- tronaut Thomas Pesquet trical system. (38) and Oleg Novitskiy of Americans Shane Kim- Russia from inside the sta- brough, the 49-year-old tion. The entire orbital bal- commander of the six-per- let was conducted by the son crew aboard the ISS, and Johnson Space Center in flight engineer Peggy Whit- Houston, Texas. son (56) oicially ended Mr. Kimbrough and Mr. their expedition at 1855 Pesquet are scheduled on GMT. During their approx- January 13 to conduct an- imately six-and-a-half hour other expedition to connect spacewalk, the pair installed the other three lithium-ion new adapter plates and batteries. hooked up electrical con- The vessel that brought nections for three of six new the new batteries will be un- lithium-ion batteries in- plugged in February after stalled on the station's truss, being loaded with waste and according to the US space old equipment, including agency NASA. nine of the old nickel-hydro- Japan’s uninhabited H-II gen batteries. It will then Transfer Vehicle, or HTV, plunge back into the atmo- delivered the batteries last sphere and disintegrate over month. The Canadian-built the Pacific Ocean. Dextre robotic arm began Friday’s spacewalk marks the installation to pave the Ms. Whitson’s seventh, way for the astronauts’ matching the record previ- work. ously set by fellow Amer- WINTER WARP: The Tinguely fountain in Basel, The new batteries are ex- ican Sunita Williams for the Switzerland, frozen on a winter day on Saturday. pected to last as long as the most spacewalks by a wo- — PHOTO: KEYSTONE VIA AP ISS is expected to remain in man. — AFP

Seeing fear in Indian-American engineer bags others can alter Oscar for technical achievement brain wiring

LOS ANGELES: Indian- to held on February 26. WASHINGTON: Witnessing fear American Parag Havaldar, Mr. Havaldar had done in others may change how in- a computer engineer from his BTech in computer formation flows in the brain, IIT-Kharagpur, is part of science and engineering in a new study has found, which the Academy Awards’ list 1991 from IIT and went on may help understand how of winners for technical to do a PhD in computer post-traumatic stress dis- achievement. vision and graphics from order (PTSD) is caused. The list of 18 the University of Southern PTSD is an anxiety dis- achievements was recently California in 1996. order that can develop in announced by the Currently, he is a some after they experience a Academy of Motion software supervisor at shocking, scary or dangerous Picture Arts and Sciences Sony Pictures Imageworks, event, according to the Na- for its 2017 Scientific and Parag Havaldar where he leads the tional Institute of Mental Technical awards. company’s proprietary Health. Most people who live Mr. Havaldar is being combining solutions for eforts in the area of through dangerous events do honoured for the tracking, stabilisation, performance capture. not develop the disorder, but development of solving and animator- The technology about seven or eight out of expression-based facial controllable curve editing,” developed by him and his every 100 people will experi- performance-capture a release from the group has been used to ence PTSD at some point in technology at Sony Academy said. create stylised and realistic their lives, researchers said. Pictures Imageworks. character animations in a “Negative emotional ex- “This pioneering system To be given on Feb. 11 variety of movies, perience leaves a trace in the enabled large-scale use of The awards will be be including Alice in brain, which makes us more animation rig-based facial handed out on February 11 Wonderland, Monster vulnerable,” said Alexei performance-capture for in Beverly Hills, ahead of House, Hancock and Morozov, assistant professor motion pictures, the main Oscar ceremony Spiderman. — PTI at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. — PTI CM YK